About Saurai Village

Saurai is a small village in Buxwaha tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 338, made up of 178 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 519.92 hectares hectares.

Saurai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saurai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Buxwaha
Area (hectares)	519.92 hectares
Population	338
Male Population	178
Female Population	160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saurai compares

By the 2011 count Saurai is the 71st largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 713 residents. Its 519.92 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 847.

Getting to Saurai

Saurai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Saurai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Saurai from other places

Saurai lies about 96 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Patharia, about 24 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 Saurai
Tehsil headquarters	Buxwaha	16 km
Nearest railway station	Patharia	24 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	96 km

Villages closest to Saurai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saurai village had a population of 338. That makes it the 71st largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 713 residents.

Saurai village has 178 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saurai has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 847.

Saurai covers 519.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Saurai falls under Buxwaha tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saurai is Patharia, about 24 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 10+ km distance for Saurai.

Saurai is about 96 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saurai is in Buxwaha tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Buxwaha is about 16 km away. Patharia is about 24 km away. Chhatarpur is about 96 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.