Dhekiya observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Dhekiya ranks #62 of 97 villages in Hatpiplya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhekiya is a village of 448 people in 85 households (Census 2011) in Hatpiplya tehsil, Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh, the 62nd-largest of 97 villages in Hatpiplya tehsil. Literacy is 59%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 923 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Dewas district centre, 33 km from Dewas Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 455223, served by Hatpipliya post office; the LGD village code is 474119. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Sonakatch, 9 km away. The sarpanch is jashu bai, and the village votes in Kalapipal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ghanshayam Singh Chandrawanshi. The population is estimated at 297 in 2026, down 34% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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