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About Sawri Village

Sawri is a large village in Tirodi tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,312, made up of 1,152 males and 1,160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 403.18 hectares hectares.

Sawri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawri village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Tirodi
Area (hectares) 403.18 hectares
Population 2,312
Male Population 1,152
Female Population 1,160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,007
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Sawri compares

By the 2011 count Sawri is the 10th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,106 residents. Its 403.18 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 1029.

Getting to Sawri

Sawri is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sawri as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sawri from other places

Sawri lies about 43 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Katangi, about 8.3 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 Sawri
Tehsil headquarters Tirodi 8.2 km
Nearest railway station Katangi 8.3 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 26 km
District headquarters Balaghat 43 km

Villages closest to Sawri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawri village had a population of 2,312. That makes it the 10th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,106 residents.

Sawri village has 1,152 males and 1,160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawri has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1029.

Sawri covers 403.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sawri falls under Tirodi tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sawri is Katangi, about 8.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sawri.

Sawri is about 43 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawri is in Tirodi tehsil of Balaghat district. Tirodi is about 8.2 km away. Katangi is about 8.3 km away. Wārāseonī is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nandi (1.7 km), Kohka (1.9 km) and Sonegaon (2.2 km).

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

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