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About Arjuni Village

Arjuni is a mid sized village in Katangi tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,268, made up of 628 males and 640 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 437.37 hectares hectares.

Arjuni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arjuni village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Katangi
Area (hectares) 437.37 hectares
Population 1,268
Male Population 628
Female Population 640
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Arjuni compares

By the 2011 count Arjuni is the 35th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents. Its 437.37 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Arjuni

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

How far is Arjuni from other places

Arjuni lies about 32 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Lakhanwara, about 4.7 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 Arjuni
Nearest railway station Lakhanwara 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Katangi 8.9 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 16 km
District headquarters Balaghat 32 km

Villages closest to Arjuni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Arjuni village had a population of 1,268. That makes it the 35th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents.

Arjuni village has 628 males and 640 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arjuni has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1040.

Arjuni covers 437.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Arjuni falls under Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Arjuni is Lakhanwara, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Arjuni.

Arjuni is about 32 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arjuni is in Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district. Lakhanwara is about 4.7 km away. Katangi is about 8.9 km away. Wārāseonī is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bahakal (1.7 km), Kalgaon (2.3 km) and Jam (2.3 km).

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

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