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About Irgawan Village

Irgawan is a mid sized village in Lakhanpur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,040, made up of 562 males and 478 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Irgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Irgawan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Lakhanpur
Pincode 497116
Area (hectares) 287.02 hectares
Population 1,040
Male Population 562
Female Population 478
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 851
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Irgawan compares

By the 2011 count Irgawan is the 50th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents. Its 287.02 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Irgawan

Irgawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Irgawan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Goreyapipar, Gorta, Gumgara Kalan and Gumgara Khurd. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Irgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Irgawan village had a population of 1,040. That makes it the 50th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents.

Irgawan village has 562 males and 478 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Irgawan has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Irgawan is 497116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Irgawan covers 287.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Irgawan falls under Lakhanpur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Irgawan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Irgawan.

Irgawan is in Lakhanpur tehsil of Surguja district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Irgawan today is likely to be higher.

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