Dhakurai observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
Dhakurai is a village in Narwar mandal, Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 938 across 227 households. The village has a literacy rate of 49.6% and postal code 473880.
By population, Dhakurai ranks #58 of 118 villages in Narwar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhakurai is a village of 938 people in 227 households (Census 2011) in Narwar tehsil, Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh, the 58th-largest of 118 villages in Narwar tehsil. Literacy is 50%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 907 women per 1,000 men. It lies 60 km from the Shivpuri district centre, 25 km from Rajapur, the nearest town, 21 km from Datia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 473880, served by Narwar (Shivpuri) post office; the LGD village code is 455579. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sawla hospital, 17 km away. The sarpanch is Sunil Sharma, and the village votes in Karera assembly constituency, represented by MLA Khatik Ramesh Prasad. The population is estimated at 1,106 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dhakurai →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhakurai · this village | 938 | 50% | — |
| Dhakurai · Pichhore | 207 | 43% | 0 km N |
| Jagdaura · Baroni | 0 | — | 1.2 km NE |
| Toriya Kalan · Narwar | 618 | 40% | 1.7 km SW |
| Mau · Baroni | 167 | 36% | 2.7 km E |
| Khadrawani · Datia | 888 | 53% | 3.2 km E |
| Toriya Khurd · Karera | 1,931 | 63% | 3.3 km W |
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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