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About Higoni Village

Higoni is a mid sized village in Chachaura tehsil, in the district of Guna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 651, made up of 363 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 793 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213 hectares hectares.

Higoni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Higoni village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Guna
Tehsil Chachaura
Area (hectares) 213 hectares
Population 651
Male Population 363
Female Population 288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 793
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 Higoni compares

By the 2011 count Higoni is the 66th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 704 residents. Its 213 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Higoni

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

Higoni lies about 62 km from Guna, and the nearest railway station is Chachaura Binaganj, about 17 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 Higoni
Nearest railway station Chachaura Binaganj 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Chachaura 18 km
Nearest town Chāchaura 18 km
District headquarters Guna 62 km

Villages closest to Higoni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Higoni village had a population of 651. That makes it the 66th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 704 residents.

Higoni village has 363 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Higoni has about 793 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Higoni covers 213 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Higoni falls under Chachaura tehsil of Guna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Higoni is Chachaura Binaganj, about 17 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 Higoni.

Higoni is about 62 km from Guna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Higoni is in Chachaura tehsil of Guna district. Chachaura Binaganj is about 17 km away. Chachaura is about 18 km away. Chāchaura is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bapcha Vikram (2.0 km), Khejra Kalan (2.2 km) and Biba Khedi (2.3 km).

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

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