About Saharan Village

Saharan is a mid sized village in Bhitarwar tehsil, in the district of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,086, made up of 590 males and 496 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 413.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 475110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saharan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saharan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Gwalior
Tehsil	Bhitarwar
Pincode	475110
Area (hectares)	413.17 hectares
Population	1,086
Male Population	590
Female Population	496
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	841
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 Saharan compares

By the 2011 count Saharan is the 33rd largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 413.17 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Saharan

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

Saharan lies about 51 km from Gwalior, and the nearest railway station is Simariatal, about 27 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 Saharan
Tehsil headquarters	Bhitarwar	3.4 km
Nearest railway station	Simariatal	27 km
Nearest town	Dabra	28 km
District headquarters	Gwalior	51 km

Villages closest to Saharan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saharan village had a population of 1,086. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Saharan village has 590 males and 496 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saharan has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 864.

The pincode recorded for Saharan is 475110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saharan covers 413.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saharan falls under Bhitarwar tehsil of Gwalior district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saharan is Simariatal, about 27 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 Saharan.

Saharan is about 51 km from Gwalior in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saharan is in Bhitarwar tehsil of Gwalior district. Bhitarwar is about 3.4 km away. Simariatal is about 27 km away. Dabra is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.