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About Phafund Village

Phafund is a mid sized village in Mhow tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,394, made up of 731 males and 663 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 275.21 hectares hectares.

Phafund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phafund village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Indore
Tehsil Mhow
Area (hectares) 275.21 hectares
Population 1,394
Male Population 731
Female Population 663
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 907
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Phafund compares

By the 2011 count Phafund is the 41st largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents. Its 275.21 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Phafund

Phafund is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Phafund as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Phafund from other places

Phafund lies about 28 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Tihi, about 13 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 Phafund
Nearest town Pithampur 9.0 km
Nearest railway station Tihi 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Mhow 15 km
District headquarters Indore 28 km

Villages closest to Phafund

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Phafund village had a population of 1,394. That makes it the 41st largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents.

Phafund village has 731 males and 663 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phafund has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Phafund covers 275.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Phafund falls under Mhow tehsil of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Phafund is Tihi, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Phafund.

Phafund is about 28 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phafund is in Mhow tehsil of Indore district. Pithampur is about 9.0 km away. Tihi is about 13 km away. Mhow is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Panjariya (1.8 km), Matlabpura (2.2 km) and Sitapat (3.1 km).

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

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