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About Phanwani Village

Phanwani is a mid sized village in Sihora tehsil, in the district of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,447, made up of 714 males and 733 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 485.77 hectares hectares.

Phanwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phanwani village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Jabalpur
Tehsil Sihora
Area (hectares) 485.77 hectares
Population 1,447
Male Population 714
Female Population 733
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Phanwani compares

By the 2011 count Phanwani is the 19th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 931 residents. Its 485.77 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Phanwani

Phanwani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Phanwani 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Phanwani from other places

Phanwani lies about 37 km from Jabalpur, and the nearest railway station is Sihora Road, about 5.8 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 Phanwani
Nearest railway station Sihora Road 5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Sihora 7.7 km
Nearest town Sihorā 7.7 km
District headquarters Jabalpur 37 km

Villages closest to Phanwani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Phanwani village had a population of 1,447. That makes it the 19th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 931 residents.

Phanwani village has 714 males and 733 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phanwani has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Phanwani covers 485.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Phanwani falls under Sihora tehsil of Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Phanwani is Sihora Road, about 5.8 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 village for Phanwani.

Phanwani is about 37 km from Jabalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phanwani is in Sihora tehsil of Jabalpur district. Sihora Road is about 5.8 km away. Sihora is about 7.7 km away. Sihorā is about 7.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dabu (1.8 km), Makura (2.1 km) and Padariya (2.3 km).

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

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