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About Ghatwa Village

Ghatwa is a large village in Thikri tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,485, made up of 1,353 males and 1,132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 516.84 hectares hectares.

Ghatwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghatwa village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Barwani
Tehsil Thikri
Area (hectares) 516.84 hectares
Population 2,485
Male Population 1,353
Female Population 1,132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 837
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Ghatwa compares

By the 2011 count Ghatwa is the 8th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents. Its 516.84 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Ghatwa

Ghatwa 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 Ghatwa 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. The nearest villages by name are Dawana, Deola, Dewada and Gawala. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Ghatwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghatwa village had a population of 2,485. That makes it the 8th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents.

Ghatwa village has 1,353 males and 1,132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghatwa has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Ghatwa covers 516.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghatwa falls under Thikri tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Ghatwa notes the nearest railway station as Available.

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

Ghatwa is in Thikri tehsil of Barwani district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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