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About Darguwan Village

Darguwan is a mid sized village in Bijawar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,415, made up of 787 males and 628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 798 females per 1000 males. The village covers 854.82 hectares hectares.

Darguwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darguwan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Bijawar
Area (hectares) 854.82 hectares
Population 1,415
Male Population 787
Female Population 628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 798
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Darguwan compares

By the 2011 count Darguwan is the 29th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 854.82 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 885.

Getting to Darguwan

Darguwan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Darguwan 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Darguwan from other places

Darguwan lies about 20 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Basari, about 17 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 Darguwan
Tehsil headquarters Bijawar 14 km
Nearest town Bijāwar 14 km
Nearest railway station Basari 17 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 20 km

Villages closest to Darguwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darguwan village had a population of 1,415. That makes it the 29th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Darguwan village has 787 males and 628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darguwan has about 798 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 885.

Darguwan covers 854.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Darguwan falls under Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Darguwan is Basari, about 17 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Darguwan.

Darguwan is about 20 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darguwan is in Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Bijawar is about 14 km away. Bijāwar is about 14 km away. Basari is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Auriya (3.2 km), Jakhron Kalan (3.3 km) and Jakhron Khurd (3.6 km).

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

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