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About Nagawan Village

Nagawan is a small village in Dabra tehsil, in the district of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 278, made up of 157 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 771 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.18 hectares hectares.

Nagawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nagawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Gwalior
Tehsil Dabra
Area (hectares) 351.18 hectares
Population 278
Male Population 157
Female Population 121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 771
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nagawan compares

By the 2011 count Nagawan is the 137th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,214 residents. Its 351.18 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 864.

Getting to Nagawan

Nagawan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Nagawan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Nagawan from other places

Nagawan lies about 38 km from Gwalior, and the nearest railway station is Anant Paith, about 28 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 Nagawan
Nearest town Indargarh 20 km
Nearest railway station Anant Paith 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Dabra 29 km
District headquarters Gwalior 38 km

Villages closest to Nagawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nagawan village had a population of 278. That makes it the 137th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,214 residents.

Nagawan village has 157 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nagawan has about 771 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Nagawan covers 351.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nagawan falls under Dabra tehsil of Gwalior district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Nagawan is Anant Paith, about 28 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Nagawan.

Nagawan is about 38 km from Gwalior in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nagawan is in Dabra tehsil of Gwalior district. Indargarh is about 20 km away. Anant Paith is about 28 km away. Dabra is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kitora (3.4 km), Mehagaon (4.2 km) and Kiroi (5.1 km).

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

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