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About Papan Village

Papan is a mid sized village in Seoni Malwa tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 587, made up of 323 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314.26 hectares hectares.

Papan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Papan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Seoni Malwa
Area (hectares) 314.26 hectares
Population 587
Male Population 323
Female Population 264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 817
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Papan compares

By the 2011 count Papan is the 110th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 894 residents. Its 314.26 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 915.

Getting to Papan

Papan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Papan as Available within 10+ 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 Papan from other places

Papan lies about 55 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Chhidgaon, about 20 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 Papan
Nearest town Nasrullāhganj 14 km
Nearest railway station Chhidgaon 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Seoni Malwa 28 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 55 km

Villages closest to Papan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Seoni Malwa 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 Papan

As per the Census of India 2011, Papan village had a population of 587. That makes it the 110th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 894 residents.

Papan village has 323 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Papan has about 817 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Papan covers 314.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Papan falls under Seoni Malwa tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Papan is Chhidgaon, about 20 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 km distance for Papan.

Papan is about 55 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Papan is in Seoni Malwa tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Nasrullāhganj is about 14 km away. Chhidgaon is about 20 km away. Seoni Malwa is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Umariya (2.7 km), Achanagaon (2.7 km) and Richhi (5.0 km).

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

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