About Bigpur Village

Bigpur is a mid sized village in Chandla tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,198, made up of 635 males and 563 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 720.67 hectares hectares.

Bigpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bigpur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Chandla
Area (hectares)	720.67 hectares
Population	1,198
Male Population	635
Female Population	563
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bigpur compares

By the 2011 count Bigpur is the 23rd largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents. Its 720.67 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, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 863.

Getting to Bigpur

Bigpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bigpur 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 Bigpur from other places

Bigpur lies about 46 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Singhpur Dumra, about 14 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 Bigpur
Nearest town	Lauri	12 km
Nearest railway station	Singhpur Dumra	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandla	18 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	46 km

Villages closest to Bigpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bigpur village had a population of 1,198. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents.

Bigpur village has 635 males and 563 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bigpur has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 863.

Bigpur covers 720.67 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.

Bigpur falls under Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bigpur is Singhpur Dumra, about 14 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 Bigpur.

Bigpur is about 46 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bigpur is in Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Lauri is about 12 km away. Singhpur Dumra is about 14 km away. Chandla is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.