# Dhondha Village, Jaisinghnagar, Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Jaisinghnagar, Shahdol 

# Dhondha

Dhondha is a village in Jaisinghnagar sub-district of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,321 people in 316 households**, the 48th largest of 199 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 1,321people (2011)
- 316households
- 68.6%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Dhondha PIN code and other codes

Dhondha falls in Jaisinghnagar sub-district, Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockJaisinghnagar
- Census village code501165

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

## How far is Dhondha from nearby towns?

- Jaisinghnagar (sub-district HQ)50 km by road
- Shahdol (district HQ)114 km by road
- Beohari (nearest town)24 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 Dhondha?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Dhondha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Khadda
- ○Degree college10+ km · Beohari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shahdol
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river 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 Dhondha known for?

About 32% of the 1,284 hectares of village land is sown, and 83 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 Dhondha

Of every 100 households in Dhondha in 2011, 53 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhondha · ■ Jaisinghnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**30%

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

**6%

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

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**40%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****92%**

**62%

Television ****2%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dhondha?

■ Dhondha · ■ Jaisinghnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**987

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1095**

**957

Working population ****53.4%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 53.7% for women. 55% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 34 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (3%) · **■** Other work 32 (5%) · **■** Marginal 619 (88%)

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 Jaisinghnagar

- Masira1,380 people
- Mithi1,354 people
- Dadar1,348 people
- Deori1,336 people
- Katira1,302 people
- Nigai1,300 people
- Kalleh1,235 people
- Dholar1,228 people

[All 204 villages in Jaisinghnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/shahdol/jaisinghnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dhondha from Shahdol?114 km by road
- What is the population of Dhondha?1,321 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhondha in?Shahdol district (Jaisinghnagar sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhondha?68.6% (Census 2011)