# Dhanana Village, Ashta, Sehore (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Ashta, Sehore 

# Dhanana

Dhanana is a village in Ashta sub-district of Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **873 people in 168 households**, the 84th largest of 186 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.

- 873people (2011)
- 168households
- 64.2%literacy
- 846females per 1,000 males

## Dhanana PIN code and other codes

Dhanana falls in Ashta sub-district, Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockAshta
- Census village code482952

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

## How far is Dhanana from nearby towns?

- Ashta (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Sehore (district HQ)57 km by road
- Ashta (nearest town)12 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 Dhanana?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Dhanana; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ashta
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ashta
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sehore
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- 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 Dhanana known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. Products made here include mat, jut and basket. About 70% of the 446 hectares of village land is sown, and 168 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 Dhanana

Of every 100 households in Dhanana in 2011, 100 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhanana · ■ Ashta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**9%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****98%**

**63%

Television ****56%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**19%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Dhanana?

■ Dhanana · ■ Ashta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**67.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****846**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****711**

**898

Working population ****51.7%**

**52.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 45.6% for women. 49% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 350 (78%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (18%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 11 (2%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

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 Ashta

- Richhadiya919 people
- Guwadiya Bazyaft915 people
- Udaipur894 people
- Kanda Khedi875 people
- Malikhedi Bazyaft870 people
- Bhagwanpur865 people
- Badjhiri858 people
- Jharkhedi851 people

[All 195 villages in Ashta](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/sehore/ashta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dhanana from Sehore?57 km by road
- What is the population of Dhanana?873 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanana in?Sehore district (Ashta sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanana?64.2% (Census 2011)