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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MG
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MATLI GURJAR
Contact: 99****5180
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- LGD code
- 486644
- Pincode
- 461335
- Population
- 947
- Households
- 212
- Literacy rate
- 63.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1006 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 317
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 55 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 126 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 551 km
- Nearest railway station
- Masangaon · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhankar compares
By population, Dhankar ranks #23 of 106 villages in Sirali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.6%
+11.2% vs mandal average
- Dhankar
- 63.6%
- Sirali mandal
- 52.4%
- Harda district
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,006
+64 vs mandal average
- Dhankar
- 1,006
- Sirali mandal
- 942
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Dhankar
- 4.5
- Sirali mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhankar at a glance
Dhankar is a village of 947 people in 212 households (Census 2011) in Sirali tehsil, Harda district, Madhya Pradesh, the 23rd-largest of 106 villages in Sirali tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 11 points above the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,006 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Harda district centre, 15 km from Masangaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 461335; the LGD village code is 486644. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is MATLI GURJAR, and the village votes in Budhni assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The population is estimated at 1,117 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhankar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- HARDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 31
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 31
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 607.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 501.74
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhankar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhankar
- LGD code
- 486644
- Pincode
- 461335
- Population (Census 2011)
- 947
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,117
- Households
- 212
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1006
- Literacy rate
- 63.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.16240°N, 77.09411°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Vidisha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Budhni
- Member of Parliament
- Shivraj Singh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MATLI GURJAR
- Block / Mandal
- Sirali
Getting there
How to reach Dhankar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal126 kmcapital
- Hyderabad551 km
- Mumbai557 km
- Delhi717 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMasangaon15 km
- Bus stopSAI MANDIR BUS STOP22 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankHarda18 km
- Police stationPolice Thana Seoni Malwa51 km
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- Pahat Kalan
- Bhagwanpura
- Hasanpura Ryt
- Ramtek Ryt
- Khudia
- Somgaon Kalan
- Sawal Kheda Ryt
- Rampura
- Kadola Ragho
- Muhadia
- Gomgaon
- Bedia Kalan
- Babadia
- Anjrood Ryt
- Raktya
- Dholgaon Kalan
- Jamukho
- Kukdapani
- Bikrampur Kalan
- Aamakhal
- Dholgaon Khurd
- Lolagra
- Chikal Pat
- Bhatpura
- Sundar Pani
- Kalkund
- Patalda
- Jamnya Kalan
- Bichpuri Cir.
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)