About Majhgawan Village

Majhgawan is a small village in Majholi tehsil, in the district of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 282, made up of 157 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 796 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123.71 hectares hectares.

Majhgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhgawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Jabalpur
Tehsil	Majholi
Area (hectares)	123.71 hectares
Population	282
Male Population	157
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	796
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Majhgawan compares

By the 2011 count Majhgawan is the 141st largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 757 residents. Its 123.71 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Majhgawan

Majhgawan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Majhgawan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Majhgawan from other places

Majhgawan lies about 40 km from Jabalpur, and the nearest railway station is Sihora Road, about 16 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 Majhgawan
Tehsil headquarters	Majholi	5.0 km
Nearest town	Sihorā	15 km
Nearest railway station	Sihora Road	16 km
District headquarters	Jabalpur	40 km

Villages closest to Majhgawan

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 Majhgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhgawan village had a population of 282. That makes it the 141st largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 757 residents.

Majhgawan village has 157 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhgawan has about 796 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Majhgawan covers 123.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Majhgawan is Sihora Road, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Majhgawan.

Majhgawan is about 40 km from Jabalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhgawan is in Majholi tehsil of Jabalpur district. Majholi is about 5.0 km away. Sihorā is about 15 km away. Sihora Road is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.