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About Saura Village

Saura is a mid sized village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,864, made up of 983 males and 881 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1231.8 hectares hectares.

Saura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chhatarpur
Area (hectares) 1231.8 hectares
Population 1,864
Male Population 983
Female Population 881
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Saura compares

By the 2011 count Saura is the 44th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 1231.8 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 878.

Getting to Saura

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

Saura lies about 27 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Basari, about 22 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 Saura
Nearest town Bijāwar 8.5 km
Nearest railway station Basari 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhatarpur 27 km

Villages closest to Saura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saura village had a population of 1,864. That makes it the 44th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Saura village has 983 males and 881 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saura has about 896 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 878.

Saura covers 1231.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Saura falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saura is Basari, about 22 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Saura.

Saura is about 27 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saura is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Bijāwar is about 8.5 km away. Basari is about 22 km away. Chhatarpur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Narayanpura (2.9 km), Bamhoriya (8.5 km) and Chhapar (8.6 km).

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

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