About Maragaon Village

Maragaon is a mid sized village in Babai tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 636, made up of 335 males and 301 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 535.55 hectares hectares.

Maragaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maragaon village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Hoshangabad
Tehsil	Babai
Area (hectares)	535.55 hectares
Population	636
Male Population	335
Female Population	301
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maragaon compares

By the 2011 count Maragaon is the 66th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 535.55 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Maragaon

Maragaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Maragaon as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Maragaon from other places

Maragaon lies about 31 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Guramkhedi, about 15 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 Maragaon
Tehsil headquarters	Babai	14 km
Nearest railway station	Guramkhedi	15 km
Nearest town	Sohāgpur	20 km
District headquarters	Hoshangabad	31 km

Villages closest to Maragaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maragaon village had a population of 636. That makes it the 66th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Maragaon village has 335 males and 301 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maragaon has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Maragaon covers 535.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maragaon falls under Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maragaon is Guramkhedi, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance for Maragaon.

Maragaon is about 31 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maragaon is in Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Babai is about 14 km away. Guramkhedi is about 15 km away. Sohāgpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.