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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
prakash maida
Contact: 96****5897
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- LGD code
- 470441
- Pincode
- 457550
- Post office
- Sailana
- Population
- 186
- Households
- 46
- Literacy rate
- 36%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 107
- Distance to district centre
- 37 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 17 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 264 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 531 km
- Nearest railway station
- Namli · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Sarwan · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhani compares
By population, Dhani ranks #186 of 241 villages in Sailana mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.0%
+0.3% vs mandal average
- Dhani
- 36.0%
- Sailana mandal
- 35.7%
- Ratlam district
- 56.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
−13 vs mandal average
- Dhani
- 979
- Sailana mandal
- 992
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Dhani
- 4.0
- Sailana mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhani at a glance
Dhani is a village of 186 people in 46 households (Census 2011) in Sailana tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 186th-largest of 241 villages in Sailana tehsil. Literacy is 36%, about the same as the tehsil average of 36% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Ratlam district centre, 53 km from Ghatol, the nearest town, 24 km from Namli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457550, served by Sailana post office; the LGD village code is 470441. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Sarwan, <1 km away. The sarpanch is prakash maida. The population is estimated at 219 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhani · this village | 186 | 36% | — |
| Sarwan · Sailana | 3,202 | 64% | 0.9 km W |
| Bhandariya · Sailana | 433 | 28% | 1.3 km N |
| Badi Kalan · Sailana | 375 | 30% | 1.4 km SE |
| Badi Kalan · Badi | — | — | 1.4 km SE |
| Vanpura · Sailana | 340 | 34% | 1.6 km NW |
| Mahigaon · Sailana | 129 | 16% | 1.7 km N |
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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
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RATLAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 1
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 62.76
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 13.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 6.45
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
- 470441
- Pincode
- 457550
- Post office
- Sailana
- Population (Census 2011)
- 186
- Population (projected 2026)
- 219
- Households
- 46
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 36.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.48388°N, 74.83741°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ratlam
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ratlam Rural
- Member of Parliament
- Anita Nagar Singh Chouhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- prakash maida
- Block / Mandal
- Sailana
Getting there
How to reach Dhani
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal264 kmcapital
- Mumbai531 km
- Delhi618 km
- Hyderabad777 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNamli24 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Sarwan<1 km
- CollegePrincipal's Bungalow33 km
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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)