About Sunwai Village

Sunwai is a mid sized village in Dabra tehsil, in the district of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 758, made up of 389 males and 369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 225.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 475110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sunwai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sunwai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Gwalior
Tehsil	Dabra
Pincode	475110
Area (hectares)	225.87 hectares
Population	758
Male Population	389
Female Population	369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sunwai compares

By the 2011 count Sunwai is the 96th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,214 residents. Its 225.87 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 864.

Getting to Sunwai

Sunwai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sunwai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sunwai from other places

Sunwai lies about 36 km from Gwalior, and the nearest railway station is Anant Paith, about 7.9 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 Sunwai
Nearest railway station	Anant Paith	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dabra	12 km
District headquarters	Gwalior	36 km

Villages closest to Sunwai

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.

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Common questions about Sunwai

As per the Census of India 2011, Sunwai village had a population of 758. That makes it the 96th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,214 residents.

Sunwai village has 389 males and 369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sunwai has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 864.

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

Sunwai covers 225.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sunwai is Anant Paith, about 7.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Sunwai.

Sunwai is about 36 km from Gwalior in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sunwai is in Dabra tehsil of Gwalior district. Anant Paith is about 7.9 km away. Dabra is about 12 km away. Gwalior is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.