About Mahagawan Village

Mahagawan is a small village in Majholi tehsil, in the district of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 476, made up of 243 males and 233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.59 hectares hectares.

Mahagawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahagawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Jabalpur
Tehsil	Majholi
Area (hectares)	113.59 hectares
Population	476
Male Population	243
Female Population	233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mahagawan compares

By the 2011 count Mahagawan is the 104th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 757 residents. Its 113.59 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Mahagawan

Mahagawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mahagawan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Mahagawan from other places

Mahagawan lies about 26 km from Jabalpur, and the nearest railway station is Bheraghat, 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 Mahagawan
Nearest town	Kaimori	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Bheraghat	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Majholi	23 km
District headquarters	Jabalpur	26 km

Villages closest to Mahagawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahagawan village had a population of 476. That makes it the 104th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 757 residents.

Mahagawan village has 243 males and 233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahagawan has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

Mahagawan covers 113.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mahagawan falls under Majholi tehsil of Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Mahagawan is Bheraghat, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Mahagawan.

Mahagawan is about 26 km from Jabalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahagawan is in Majholi tehsil of Jabalpur district. Kaimori is about 5.5 km away. Bheraghat is about 20 km away. Majholi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.