About Amgawan Village

Amgawan is a mid sized village in Bahoriband tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 796, made up of 413 males and 383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 203.06 hectares hectares.

Amgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amgawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Bahoriband
Area (hectares)	203.06 hectares
Population	796
Male Population	413
Female Population	383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Amgawan compares

By the 2011 count Amgawan is the 79th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 203.06 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Amgawan

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

Amgawan lies about 38 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Salaia, about 20 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
Tehsil headquarters	Bahoriband	2.7 km
Nearest railway station	Salaia	20 km
Nearest town	Sihorā	23 km
District headquarters	Katni	38 km

Villages closest to Amgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amgawan village had a population of 796. That makes it the 79th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Amgawan village has 413 males and 383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amgawan has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

Amgawan covers 203.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Amgawan falls under Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amgawan is Salaia, about 20 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 village for Amgawan.

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

Amgawan is in Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district. Bahoriband is about 2.7 km away. Salaia is about 20 km away. Sihorā is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.