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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dhanguwan is a village in Kesli mandal, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, situated at 23.500°N, 78.798°E. The village has a population of 309 in 79 households with a literacy rate of 63.4% and postal code 470221.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
rajkumar singh lodhi
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- LGD code
- 461241
- Pincode
- 470221
- Post office
- Surkhi
- Population
- 309
- Households
- 79
- Literacy rate
- 63.4%
- Sex ratio
- 797 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 119
- Distance to district centre
- 52 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 18 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 144 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 590 km
- Nearest railway station
- Saugor Railway Station P...... 2 · 39 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt Hospital · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhanguwan compares
By population, Dhanguwan ranks #124 of 189 villages in Kesli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.4%
+4.3% vs mandal average
Dhanguwan63.4%
Kesli mandal59.1%
Sagar district65.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
797
−103 vs mandal average
Dhanguwan797
Kesli mandal900
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.2 vs mandal average
Dhanguwan3.9
Kesli mandal4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhanguwan at a glance
Dhanguwan is a village of 309 people in 79 households (Census 2011) in Kesli tehsil, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 124th-largest of 189 villages in Kesli tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 797 women per 1,000 men. It lies 52 km from the Sagar district centre, 39 km from Saugor Railway Station P...... 2 railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470221, served by Surkhi post office; the LGD village code is 461241. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt Hospital, 15 km away. The sarpanch is rajkumar singh lodhi, and the village votes in Rehli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gopal Bhargava. The population is estimated at 364 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bilhari(P) →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhanguwan · this village | 309 | 63% | — |
| Dhanguwan · Rehli | 1,013 | 67% | 0 km N |
| Dhanguwan · Deori | 15 | 53% | 0 km N |
| Dhanguwan · Patera | 869 | 51% | 0 km N |
| Deori Khurd · Chhapara | 243 | 59% | 3.6 km NW |
| Deori · Tendukheda | 283 | 58% | 3.6 km NW |
| Deori Khurd · Kothi | 0 | — | 3.6 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhanguwan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DEORI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 36
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 154.7
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 79.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhanguwan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhanguwan
- LGD code
- 461241
- Pincode
- 470221
- Post office
- Surkhi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 309
- Population (projected 2026)
- 364
- Households
- 79
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 797
- Literacy rate
- 63.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.50037°N, 78.79802°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Damoh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rehli
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Lodhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Gopal Bhargava
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- rajkumar singh lodhi
- Block / Mandal
- Kesli
Getting there
How to reach Dhanguwan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal144 kmcapital
- Delhi590 km
- Hyderabad681 km
- Mumbai786 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSaugor Railway Station P...... 239 km
- Bus stopBus Stend Gourjhamar14 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt Hospital15 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM15 km
- Petrol pumpJagati Petroleum11 km
- CollegeGovernment Girls Higher S.. School14 km
- Police stationPolice Control Room Edit37 km
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Villages near Dhanguwan
Other villages in Kesli mandal
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- Sahajpur
- Tada
- Patna Khurd
- Keolari Kalan
- Khamriya
- Naharmau
- Jaitpur
- Ghana
- Bhusaura
- Doma
- Nayanagar
- Janakpur
- Deori Naharmau
- Bilhari
- Bamhori
- Mohasa
- Patha Khurd
- Kusmi
- Mahua Kheda
- Maramadho
- Narayanpur
- Kheri Kalan
- Mandki
- Chauka
- Umariya
- Singpur Satguan
- Barkoti Khurd
- Patna Deori
- Bedar Pipariya
- Dhaawai
- Nabalpur
- Bankori
- Putrra
- Dehchuwa
- Gatauri Pana
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)