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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dhangar is a village in Khurai mandal, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 1,499 across 363 households and a literacy rate of 64.1%. The village has six temples and one college, and is located at coordinates 24.095°N, 78.324°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Pushpendra Singh
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- LGD code
- 459902
- Pincode
- 470117
- Post office
- Khurai
- Population
- 1,499
- Households
- 363
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Sex ratio
- 934 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 468
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 131 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 515 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khurai · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Swasti Clinic · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhangar compares
By population, Dhangar ranks #16 of 187 villages in Khurai mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.1%
+1.6% vs mandal average
- Dhangar
- 64.1%
- Khurai mandal
- 62.5%
- Sagar district
- 65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
934
+44 vs mandal average
- Dhangar
- 934
- Khurai mandal
- 890
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Dhangar
- 4.1
- Khurai mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhangar at a glance
Dhangar is a village of 1,499 people in 363 households (Census 2011) in Khurai tehsil, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 16th-largest of 187 villages in Khurai tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Sagar district centre, 13 km from Khimlasa, the nearest town, 5 km from Khurai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470117, served by Khurai post office; the LGD village code is 459902. The nearest hospital or health centre is Swasti Clinic, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Pushpendra Singh, and the village votes in Bina assembly constituency, represented by MLA Adv. Nirmla Sapre. The population is estimated at 1,767 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhangar
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 11
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KHURAI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 61
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 1,020.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 146.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhangar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhangar
- LGD code
- 459902
- Pincode
- 470117
- Post office
- Khurai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,499
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,767
- Households
- 363
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 934
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.09524°N, 78.32448°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bina
- Member of Parliament
- Lata Wankhede
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Adv. Nirmla Sapre
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Pushpendra Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Khurai
Getting there
How to reach Dhangar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal131 kmcapital
- Delhi515 km
- Hyderabad746 km
- Mumbai793 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhurai5 km
- Bus stopKhoja Khaidi Tigdda2 km
- Hospital / PHCSwasti Clinic3 km
- ATM / bankShivalik Small Finance Bank Khurai5 km
- Petrol pumpHarsh fuel Junction Hp Petrol Pump2 km
- CollegeMiddil School<1 km
- Police stationPolice Station Khurai5 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Dhangar
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Dhangar
8 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)