About Valan Village

Valan is a large village in Pati tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,827, made up of 1,430 males and 1,397 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 790 hectares hectares.

Valan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Valan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Barwani
Tehsil	Pati
Area (hectares)	790 hectares
Population	2,827
Male Population	1,430
Female Population	1,397
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Valan compares

By the 2011 count Valan is the 16th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents. Its 790 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Valan

Valan 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 Valan as Available within village. 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 Valan from other places

Valan lies about 18 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 38 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 Valan
Tehsil headquarters	Pati	3.1 km
District headquarters	Barwani	18 km
Nearest town	Barwāni	18 km
Nearest railway station	Hathi gate station	38 km

Villages closest to Valan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Valan village had a population of 2,827. That makes it the 16th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents.

Valan village has 1,430 males and 1,397 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Valan has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 980.

Valan covers 790 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Valan falls under Pati tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Valan is Hathi gate station, about 38 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Valan.

Valan is about 18 km from Barwani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Valan is in Pati tehsil of Barwani district. Pati is about 3.1 km away. Barwani is about 18 km away. Barwāni is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.