About Mawaighat Village

Mawaighat is a mid sized village in Gaurihar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,348, made up of 702 males and 646 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 754.71 hectares hectares.

Mawaighat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mawaighat village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Gaurihar
Area (hectares)	754.71 hectares
Population	1,348
Male Population	702
Female Population	646
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
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 Mawaighat compares

By the 2011 count Mawaighat is the 50th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 754.71 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Mawaighat

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

Mawaighat lies about 86 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Dingwai, 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 Mawaighat
Tehsil headquarters	Gaurihar	14 km
Nearest railway station	Dingwai	14 km
Nearest town	Bānda	17 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	86 km

Villages closest to Mawaighat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mawaighat village had a population of 1,348. That makes it the 50th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Mawaighat village has 702 males and 646 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mawaighat has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 864.

Mawaighat covers 754.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mawaighat falls under Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Mawaighat is Dingwai, 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 10+ km distance for Mawaighat.

Mawaighat is about 86 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mawaighat is in Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Gaurihar is about 14 km away. Dingwai is about 14 km away. Bānda is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.