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About Bahanga Village

Bahanga is a mid sized village in Isagarh tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,256, made up of 688 males and 568 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 826 females per 1000 males. The village covers 945 hectares hectares.

Bahanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bahanga village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Isagarh
Area (hectares) 945 hectares
Population 1,256
Male Population 688
Female Population 568
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 826
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bahanga compares

By the 2011 count Bahanga is the 43rd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 945 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Bahanga

Bahanga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bahanga as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bahanga from other places

Bahanga lies about 13 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Ratikheda, about 8.8 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Bahanga
Nearest railway station Ratikheda 8.8 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Isagarh 29 km

Villages closest to Bahanga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Isagarh tehsil.

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 Bahanga

As per the Census of India 2011, Bahanga village had a population of 1,256. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Bahanga village has 688 males and 568 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bahanga has about 826 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Bahanga covers 945 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bahanga falls under Isagarh tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bahanga is Ratikheda, about 8.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bahanga.

Bahanga is about 13 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bahanga is in Isagarh tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Ratikheda is about 8.8 km away. Ashoknagar is about 13 km away. Isagarh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ganhari (2.0 km), Karmahi (2.6 km) and Umari (3.7 km).

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

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