About Paptuwa Village

Paptuwa is a mid sized village in Nowgong tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 647, made up of 347 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 345.78 hectares hectares.

Paptuwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paptuwa village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Nowgong
Area (hectares)	345.78 hectares
Population	647
Male Population	347
Female Population	300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Paptuwa compares

By the 2011 count Paptuwa is the 60th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents. Its 345.78 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 907.

Getting to Paptuwa

Paptuwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Paptuwa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Paptuwa from other places

Paptuwa lies about 44 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Harpalpur, about 4.6 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 Paptuwa
Nearest railway station	Harpalpur	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nowgong	23 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	44 km

Villages closest to Paptuwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paptuwa village had a population of 647. That makes it the 60th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents.

Paptuwa village has 347 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paptuwa has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Paptuwa covers 345.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Paptuwa falls under Nowgong tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Paptuwa is Harpalpur, about 4.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Paptuwa.

Paptuwa is about 44 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paptuwa is in Nowgong tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Harpalpur is about 4.6 km away. Nowgong is about 23 km away. Chhatarpur is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.