Dhanwai observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
Dhanwai is a village in Tansen mandal, Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 382 across 57 households. The literacy rate is 62.3%, and the village is situated at 26.155°N, 78.406°E.
By population, Dhanwai ranks #49 of 67 villages in Tansen mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhanwai is a village of 382 people in 57 households (Census 2011) in Tansen tehsil, Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh, the 49th-largest of 67 villages in Tansen tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 891 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Gwalior district centre, 28 km from Bariya, the nearest town, 22 km from Sandalpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 475002, served by Behat (Gwalior) post office; the LGD village code is 453963. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt. Hospital, 13 km away. The sarpanch is Rampiyari, and the village votes in Dabra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Suresh Raje. The population is estimated at 450 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dabka →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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