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About Bandhi Village

Bandhi is a mid sized village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 735, made up of 402 males and 333 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 804 hectares hectares.

Bandhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bandhi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Mungaoli
Area (hectares) 804 hectares
Population 735
Male Population 402
Female Population 333
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 828
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bandhi compares

By the 2011 count Bandhi is the 106th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 804 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 888.

Getting to Bandhi

Bandhi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bandhi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bandhi from other places

Bandhi lies about 30 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Piprai Gaon, about 7.7 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 Bandhi
Nearest railway station Piprai Gaon 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Mungaoli 11 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 30 km

Villages closest to Bandhi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mungaoli 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 Bandhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Bandhi village had a population of 735. That makes it the 106th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Bandhi village has 402 males and 333 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bandhi has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Bandhi covers 804 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bandhi falls under Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bandhi is Piprai Gaon, about 7.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bandhi.

Bandhi is about 30 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bandhi is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Piprai Gaon is about 7.7 km away. Mungaoli is about 11 km away. Ashoknagar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gopipur (2.4 km), Tamasha (2.6 km) and Jakhalon (2.8 km).

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

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