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- LGD code
- 468284
- Pincode
- 458330
- Post office
- Jawad
- Population
- 938
- Households
- 213
- Literacy rate
- 42%
- Sex ratio
- 1127 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 572
- Distance to district centre
- 15 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 282 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 501 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nimach · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt. Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhani compares
By population, Dhani ranks #34 of 129 villages in Jawad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.0%
−17.5% vs mandal average
- Dhani
- 42.0%
- Jawad mandal
- 59.5%
- Neemuch district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,127
+163 vs mandal average
- Dhani
- 1,127
- Jawad mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.4
Same as the mandal average
- Dhani
- 4.4
- Jawad mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhani at a glance
Dhani is a village of 938 people in 213 households (Census 2011) in Jawad tehsil, Neemuch district, Madhya Pradesh, the 34th-largest of 129 villages in Jawad tehsil. Literacy is 42%, 18 points below the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,127 women per 1,000 men. It lies 15 km from the Neemuch district centre, 20 km from Nimach railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 458330, served by Jawad post office; the LGD village code is 468284. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt. Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Pinki, and the village votes in Jawad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Omprakash Sakhlecha. The population is estimated at 1,106 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhani
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 9
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAWAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 194.69
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 52.11
- Forest area (ha)
- 6.88
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhani
- LGD code
- 468284
- Pincode
- 458330
- Post office
- Jawad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 938
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,106
- Households
- 213
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1127
- Literacy rate
- 42.0%
- Coordinates
- 24.55323°N, 75.02282°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandsour
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jawad
- Member of Parliament
- Sudhir Gupta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Omprakash Sakhlecha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Pinki
- Block / Mandal
- Jawad
Getting there
How to reach Dhani
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal282 kmcapital
- Delhi501 km
- Mumbai648 km
- Hyderabad874 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNimach20 km
- Bus stopRampura Naka Bus Stop15 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt. Hospital6 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum31 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)