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About Amgawan Village

Amgawan is a mid sized village in Sihora tehsil, in the district of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,246, made up of 610 males and 636 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221.54 hectares hectares.

Amgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amgawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Jabalpur
Tehsil Sihora
Area (hectares) 221.54 hectares
Population 1,246
Male Population 610
Female Population 636
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
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 Amgawan compares

By the 2011 count Amgawan is the 28th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 931 residents. Its 221.54 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 Amgawan

Amgawan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Amgawan 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 Amgawan from other places

Amgawan lies about 40 km from Jabalpur, and the nearest railway station is Sihora Road, about 6.6 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 Amgawan
Nearest railway station Sihora Road 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Sihora 7.7 km
Nearest town Sihorā 7.7 km
District headquarters Jabalpur 40 km

Villages closest to Amgawan

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 Amgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Amgawan village had a population of 1,246. That makes it the 28th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 931 residents.

Amgawan village has 610 males and 636 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amgawan has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Amgawan covers 221.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Amgawan is Sihora Road, about 6.6 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 Amgawan.

Amgawan 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.

Amgawan is in Sihora tehsil of Jabalpur district. Sihora Road is about 6.6 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 Ghana (under 2 km), Darauli Kalan (1.7 km) and Darauli Khurd (1.7 km).

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

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