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About Marguwan Village

Marguwan is a small village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 208, made up of 115 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 809 females per 1000 males. The village covers 320.68 hectares hectares.

Marguwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marguwan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chhatarpur
Area (hectares) 320.68 hectares
Population 208
Male Population 115
Female Population 93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 809
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 Marguwan compares

By the 2011 count Marguwan is the 132nd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 320.68 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 878.

Getting to Marguwan

Marguwan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Marguwan 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 Marguwan from other places

Marguwan lies about 17 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ishanagar, about 11 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 Marguwan
Nearest railway station Ishanagar 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhatarpur 17 km

Villages closest to Marguwan

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 Marguwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Marguwan village had a population of 208. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Marguwan village has 115 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marguwan has about 809 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 878.

Marguwan covers 320.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Marguwan is Ishanagar, about 11 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 Marguwan.

Marguwan is about 17 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Marguwan is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Ishanagar is about 11 km away. Chhatarpur 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 Matguwan (under 2 km), Ikara (2.3 km) and Rampura (2.8 km).

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

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