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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sanjay kol
Contact: 78****2275
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- LGD code
- 501882
- Pincode
- 484224
- Post office
- Anuppur
- Population
- 1,298
- Households
- 345
- Literacy rate
- 58.1%
- Sex ratio
- 955 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 670
- Distance to district centre
- 66 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 41 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 417 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 708 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chhada · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Medical College Shahdol · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhangawan compares
By population, Dhangawan ranks #43 of 132 villages in Anuppur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.1%
+2.2% vs mandal average
Dhangawan58.1%
Anuppur mandal55.9%
Anuppur district58.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
955
−42 vs mandal average
Dhangawan955
Anuppur mandal997
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.5 vs mandal average
Dhangawan3.8
Anuppur mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhangawan at a glance
Dhangawan is a village of 1,298 people in 345 households (Census 2011) in Anuppur tehsil, Anuppur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 43rd-largest of 132 villages in Anuppur tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 955 women per 1,000 men. It lies 66 km from the Anuppur district centre, 9 km from Chhada railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 484224, served by Anuppur post office; the LGD village code is 501882. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Medical College Shahdol, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Sanjay kol, and the village votes in Manpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Meena Singh. The population is estimated at 1,530 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhangawan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 7
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ANUPPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 29
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 29
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 29
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 706.33
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 112.24
- Forest area (ha)
- 130.61
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhangawan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhangawan
- LGD code
- 501882
- Pincode
- 484224
- Post office
- Anuppur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,298
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,530
- Households
- 345
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 955
- Literacy rate
- 58.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.31481°N, 81.49972°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shahdol
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Manpur
- Member of Parliament
- Himadri Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Meena Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sanjay kol
- Block / Mandal
- Anuppur
- Nearest railway station
- Badhwabara (21.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Dhangawan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal417 kmcapital
- Kolkata708 km
- Delhi729 km
- Hyderabad730 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChhada9 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Medical College Shahdol10 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM16 km
- Petrol pumpKhairaha Petrol Pump18 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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