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About Bijapur Village

Bijapur is a mid sized village in Sendhwa tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,251, made up of 642 males and 609 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 502.1 hectares hectares.

Bijapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bijapur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Barwani
Tehsil Sendhwa
Area (hectares) 502.1 hectares
Population 1,251
Male Population 642
Female Population 609
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Bijapur compares

By the 2011 count Bijapur is the 62nd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents. Its 502.1 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Bijapur

Bijapur 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 Bijapur 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bijapur from other places

Bijapur lies about 51 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 33 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 Bijapur
Tehsil headquarters Sendhwa 7.5 km
Nearest railway station Hathi gate station 33 km
District headquarters Barwani 51 km

Villages closest to Bijapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bijapur village had a population of 1,251. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,266 residents.

Bijapur village has 642 males and 609 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bijapur has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 982.

Bijapur covers 502.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bijapur falls under Sendhwa tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bijapur is Hathi gate station, about 33 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bijapur.

Bijapur is about 51 km from Barwani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bijapur is in Sendhwa tehsil of Barwani district. Sendhwa is about 7.5 km away. Hathi gate station is about 33 km away. Barwani is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ajangaon (2.3 km), Chikhali (3.0 km) and Hindali (3.6 km).

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

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