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MR
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MR RAM PAL YADAV
Contact: 94****1369
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- LGD code
- 488652
- Pincode
- 483330
- Post office
- Bahori Band
- Population
- 122
- Households
- 26
- Literacy rate
- 70.5%
- Sex ratio
- 906 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 72
- Distance to district centre
- 82 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 110 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 355 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 586 km
- Nearest railway station
- Unchhera · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CH Maihar · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhaniya compares
By population, Dhaniya ranks #129 of 144 villages in Bahoriband mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.5%
+10.8% vs mandal average
- Dhaniya
- 70.5%
- Bahoriband mandal
- 59.7%
- Katni district
- 61.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
906
−63 vs mandal average
- Dhaniya
- 906
- Bahoriband mandal
- 969
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Dhaniya
- 4.7
- Bahoriband mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhaniya at a glance
Dhaniya is a village of 122 people in 26 households (Census 2011) in Bahoriband tehsil, Katni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 129th-largest of 144 villages in Bahoriband tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 11 points above the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 906 women per 1,000 men. It lies 82 km from the Katni district centre, 34 km from Hadha, the nearest town, 11 km from Unchhera railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 483330, served by Bahori Band post office; the LGD village code is 488652. The nearest hospital or health centre is CH Maihar, 13 km away. The sarpanch is MR RAM PAL YADAV, and the village votes in Bahoriband assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pranay Prabhat Pandey (Guddu Bhaiya). The population is estimated at 144 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhaniya
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KATNI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 52
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 160.31
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 22.32
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhaniya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhaniya
- LGD code
- 488652
- Pincode
- 483330
- Post office
- Bahori Band
- Population (Census 2011)
- 122
- Population (projected 2026)
- 144
- Households
- 26
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 906
- Literacy rate
- 70.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.35830°N, 80.69006°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bahoriband
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pranay Prabhat Pandey (Guddu Bhaiya)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MR RAM PAL YADAV
- Block / Mandal
- Bahoriband
Getting there
How to reach Dhaniya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal355 kmcapital
- Delhi586 km
- Kolkata807 km
- Hyderabad808 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationUnchhera11 km
- Hospital / PHCCH Maihar13 km
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- KakarhataBahoriband mandal1,413 pop
- MuhaniyaBahoriband mandal1,110 pop
- SimrapatiBahoriband mandal1,099 pop
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-15
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
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