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About Sawari Village

Sawari is a large village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,192, made up of 1,096 males and 1,096 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 487.39 hectares hectares.

Sawari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawari village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lanji
Area (hectares) 487.39 hectares
Population 2,192
Male Population 1,096
Female Population 1,096
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sawari compares

By the 2011 count Sawari is the 17th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 487.39 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Sawari

Sawari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sawari as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sawari from other places

Sawari lies about 33 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Nagradham P.H., about 2.8 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 Sawari
Nearest railway station Nagradham P.H. 2.8 km
Nearest town Gondiā 7.2 km
District headquarters Balaghat 33 km
Tehsil headquarters Lanji 34 km

Villages closest to Sawari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawari village had a population of 2,192. That makes it the 17th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Sawari village has 1,096 males and 1,096 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawari has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Sawari covers 487.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sawari falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sawari is Nagradham P.H., about 2.8 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sawari.

Sawari is about 33 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawari is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Nagradham P.H. is about 2.8 km away. Gondiā is about 7.2 km away. Balaghat is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paraswada (7.9 km), Dhutitola (13 km) and Bodaldalkha (15 km).

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

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