About Sawar Village

Sawar is a mid sized village in Ghuwara tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,620, made up of 840 males and 780 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 802.51 hectares hectares.

Sawar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawar village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Ghuwara
Area (hectares)	802.51 hectares
Population	1,620
Male Population	840
Female Population	780
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sawar compares

By the 2011 count Sawar is the 24th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 802.51 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 871.

Getting to Sawar

Sawar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sawar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sawar from other places

Sawar lies about 75 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mawai, about 39 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 Sawar
Tehsil headquarters	Ghuwara	6.7 km
Nearest town	Tīkamgarh	39 km
Nearest railway station	Mawai	39 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	75 km

Villages closest to Sawar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawar village had a population of 1,620. That makes it the 24th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Sawar village has 840 males and 780 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawar has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 871.

Sawar covers 802.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sawar falls under Ghuwara tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sawar is Mawai, about 39 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sawar.

Sawar is about 75 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawar is in Ghuwara tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Ghuwara is about 6.7 km away. Tīkamgarh is about 39 km away. Mawai is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.