About Nigwani Village

Nigwani is a mid sized village in Majholi tehsil, in the district of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 554, made up of 280 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 330.76 hectares hectares.

Nigwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nigwani village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Jabalpur
Tehsil	Majholi
Area (hectares)	330.76 hectares
Population	554
Male Population	280
Female Population	274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Nigwani compares

By the 2011 count Nigwani is the 89th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 757 residents. Its 330.76 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Nigwani

Nigwani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Nigwani as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nigwani from other places

Nigwani lies about 33 km from Jabalpur, and the nearest railway station is Sihora Road, about 5.3 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 Nigwani
Nearest railway station	Sihora Road	5.3 km
Nearest town	Sihorā	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Majholi	16 km
District headquarters	Jabalpur	33 km

Villages closest to Nigwani

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 Nigwani

As per the Census of India 2011, Nigwani village had a population of 554. That makes it the 89th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 757 residents.

Nigwani village has 280 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nigwani has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Nigwani covers 330.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Nigwani is Sihora Road, about 5.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Nigwani.

Nigwani is about 33 km from Jabalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nigwani is in Majholi tehsil of Jabalpur district. Sihora Road is about 5.3 km away. Sihorā is about 6.5 km away. Majholi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.