# Dhikanya Village, Sitamau, Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Sitamau, Mandsaur 

# Dhikanya

Dhikanya is a village in Sitamau sub-district of Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,041 people in 227 households**, the 65th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,041people (2011)
- 227households
- 72.2%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Dhikanya PIN code and other codes

Dhikanya falls in Sitamau sub-district, Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockSitamau
- Census village code469893

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

## How far is Dhikanya from nearby towns?

- Sitamau (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Mandsaur (district HQ)45 km by road
- Sitamau (nearest town)18 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 Dhikanya?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Dhikanya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Mandsaur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Mandsaur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 h winter

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 Dhikanya known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, makka and wheat**. About 85% of the 686 hectares of village land is sown, and 214 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 Dhikanya

Of every 100 households in Dhikanya in 2011, 80 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhikanya · ■ Sitamau rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**94%

Use banking services ****18%**

**27%

Television ****28%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**16%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**31%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Dhikanya?

■ Dhikanya · ■ Sitamau rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**918

Working population ****52.7%**

**53.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 58.8% for women. 59% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 124 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (7%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 39 (7%) · **■** Marginal 344 (63%)

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 Sitamau

- Satakhedi1,068 people
- Lasudiya1,066 people
- Bhatkhedi1,055 people
- Khanderiya Kachar1,042 people
- Padli1,038 people
- Maukheda1,019 people
- Larni976 people
- Mamatkheda933 people

[All 167 villages in Sitamau](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/mandsaur/sitamau/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dhikanya from Mandsaur?45 km by road
- What is the population of Dhikanya?1,041 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhikanya in?Mandsaur district (Sitamau sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhikanya?72.2% (Census 2011)