About Bistawahi Village

Bistawahi is a small village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 409, made up of 200 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282.49 hectares hectares.

Bistawahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bistawahi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	282.49 hectares
Population	409
Male Population	200
Female Population	209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,045
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bistawahi compares

By the 2011 count Bistawahi is the 192nd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 282.49 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 Bistawahi

Bistawahi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bistawahi 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 Bistawahi from other places

Bistawahi lies about 63 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 56 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 Bistawahi
Nearest town	Malajkhand	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baihar	18 km
Nearest railway station	Bamhani Banjar	56 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	63 km

Villages closest to Bistawahi

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.

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Common questions about Bistawahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Bistawahi village had a population of 409. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Bistawahi village has 200 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bistawahi has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Bistawahi covers 282.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Bistawahi is Bamhani Banjar, about 56 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 Bistawahi.

Bistawahi is about 63 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bistawahi is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 5.0 km away. Baihar is about 18 km away. Bamhani Banjar is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.