Village · Pandhurna, Chhindwara
# Dholankhapa

Dholankhapa is a village in Pandhurna sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 841 people in 172 households, the 59th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.
- 841 people (2011)
- 172 households
- 72.0% literacy
- 1,031 females per 1,000 males

## Dholankhapa PIN code and other codes

Dholankhapa falls in Pandhurna sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Pandhurna
- Census village code 495494

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Dholankhapa from nearby towns?
- Pandhurna (sub-district HQ) 48 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ) 65 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Dholankhapa?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Dholankhapa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Pathai
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Pandhurna
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Chhindwara
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water untreated tap water, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 5 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Dholankhapa known for?

About 61% of the 715 hectares of village land is sown, and 45 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Dholankhapa

Of every 100 households in Dholankhapa in 2011, 90 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dholankhapa · ■ Pandhurna rural average
- Electricity for lighting 90% 82%
- Toilet within the home 5% 10%
- No toilet (open defecation) 95% 89%
- Tap water 0% 44%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 24%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 93%
- Use banking services 49% 39%
- Television 14% 27%
- Mobile phone 7% 22%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 6% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 58% 47%
- Own their home 98% 93%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dholankhapa?

■ Dholankhapa · ■ Pandhurna rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 72.0% 73.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1031 957
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 958 977
- Working population 58.5% 54.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 62.2% for women. 62% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 196 (40%) · ■ Farm labourers 156 (32%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 6 (1%) · ■ Marginal 133 (27%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Pandhurna
- Kalamgaon 890 people
- Chichkheda 869 people
- Bandhan 868 people
- Sawajpani 868 people
- Mandvi 828 people
- Hiwara Prithwiram 823 people
- Bhimkhedi 814 people
- Bichhawasani 803 people

All 169 villages in Pandhurna

## Quick answers
- How far is Dholankhapa from Chhindwara? 65 km by road
- What is the population of Dholankhapa? 841 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dholankhapa in? Chhindwara district (Pandhurna sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dholankhapa? 72.0% (Census 2011)

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