About Tighara Village

Tighara is a mid sized village in Sihora tehsil, in the district of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 704, made up of 374 males and 330 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.37 hectares hectares.

Tighara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tighara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Jabalpur
Tehsil	Sihora
Area (hectares)	246.37 hectares
Population	704
Male Population	374
Female Population	330
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tighara compares

By the 2011 count Tighara is the 66th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 931 residents. Its 246.37 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 948.

Getting to Tighara

Tighara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tighara as Available within 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 Tighara from other places

Tighara lies about 38 km from Jabalpur, and the nearest railway station is Sihora Road, about 7.8 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 Tighara
Nearest railway station	Sihora Road	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sihora	9.4 km
Nearest town	Sihorā	9.4 km
District headquarters	Jabalpur	38 km

Villages closest to Tighara

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.

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Common questions about Tighara

As per the Census of India 2011, Tighara village had a population of 704. That makes it the 66th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 931 residents.

Tighara village has 374 males and 330 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tighara has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Tighara covers 246.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Tighara is Sihora Road, about 7.8 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 village for Tighara.

Tighara is about 38 km from Jabalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tighara is in Sihora tehsil of Jabalpur district. Sihora Road is about 7.8 km away. Sihora is about 9.4 km away. Sihorā is about 9.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.