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About Ahar Village

Ahar is a small village in Badwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 67, made up of 38 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 763 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.32 hectares hectares.

Ahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ahar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Badwara
Area (hectares) 206.32 hectares
Population 67
Male Population 38
Female Population 29
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 763
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ahar compares

By the 2011 count Ahar is the 95th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 993 residents. Its 206.32 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Ahar

Ahar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ahar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Ahar from other places

Ahar lies about 3.6 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Majhgawan Phatak, about 2.3 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 Ahar
Nearest railway station Majhgawan Phatak 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Badwara 3.6 km
District headquarters Katni 3.6 km
Nearest town Murwāra 3.6 km

Villages closest to Ahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ahar village had a population of 67. That makes it the 95th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 993 residents.

Ahar village has 38 males and 29 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ahar has about 763 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Ahar covers 206.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ahar falls under Badwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ahar is Majhgawan Phatak, about 2.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Ahar.

Ahar is about 3.6 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ahar is in Badwara tehsil of Katni district. Majhgawan Phatak is about 2.3 km away. Badwara is about 3.6 km away. Katni is about 3.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Majhgawan (3.0 km), Bargawan (3.6 km) and Bachharwara (4.0 km).

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

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