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About Ajanpur Village

Ajanpur is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 564, made up of 277 males and 287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 494.65 hectares hectares.

Ajanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ajanpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 494.65 hectares
Population 564
Male Population 277
Female Population 287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
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 Ajanpur compares

By the 2011 count Ajanpur is the 153rd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 494.65 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Ajanpur

Ajanpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ajanpur 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 Ajanpur from other places

Ajanpur lies about 79 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 66 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 Ajanpur
Nearest town Malajkhand 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 34 km
Nearest railway station Bamhani Banjar 66 km
District headquarters Balaghat 79 km

Villages closest to Ajanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ajanpur village had a population of 564. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Ajanpur village has 277 males and 287 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ajanpur has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Ajanpur covers 494.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ajanpur falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ajanpur is Bamhani Banjar, about 66 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 Ajanpur.

Ajanpur is about 79 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ajanpur is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 19 km away. Baihar is about 34 km away. Bamhani Banjar is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dudhaniya (4.5 km), Bandaniya (6.1 km) and Jholar (6.2 km).

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

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