# Dhau Village, Jamai, Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Jamai, Chhindwara 

# Dhau

Dhau is a village in Jamai sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,688 people in 300 households**, the 12th largest of 261 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 36.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.2%.

- 1,688people (2011)
- 300households
- 36.9%literacy
- 1,017females per 1,000 males

## Dhau PIN code and other codes

Dhau falls in Jamai sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockJamai
- Census village code494476

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Dhau from nearby towns?

- Jamai (sub-district HQ)24 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ)75 km by road
- Damua (nearest town)10 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Dhau?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Dhau; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college5–10 km · Damua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chhindwara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercanal / river and tanks / ponds

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Dhau known for?

The main crops are **makka**. About 17% of the 1,341 hectares of village land is sown, and 19 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Dhau

Of every 100 households in Dhau in 2011, 92 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhau · ■ Jamai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**87%

Tap water ****17%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****66%**

**66%

Television ****7%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**50%

Own their home ****99%**

**89%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dhau?

■ Dhau · ■ Jamai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****36.9%**

**54.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1017**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1024**

**950

Working population ****39.0%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.9% for men and 30.1% for women. 47% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 15 (2%) · **■** Marginal 625 (95%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Jamai

- Bhardagarh2,006 people
- Mankughati2,003 people
- Dugriya1,964 people
- Khamra Kalan1,699 people
- Rechhera1,677 people
- Umradi1,662 people
- Najarpur1,612 people
- Junnor Bi.1,595 people

[All 261 villages in Jamai](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhindwara/jamai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dhau from Chhindwara?75 km by road
- What is the population of Dhau?1,688 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhau in?Chhindwara district (Jamai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhau?36.9% (Census 2011)