About Mawai Village

Mawai is a large village in Bahoriband tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,493, made up of 1,289 males and 1,204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1178.07 hectares hectares.

Mawai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mawai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Bahoriband
Area (hectares)	1178.07 hectares
Population	2,493
Male Population	1,289
Female Population	1,204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Mawai compares

By the 2011 count Mawai is the 15th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 1178.07 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 Mawai

Mawai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Mawai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Mawai from other places

Mawai lies about 41 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Salaia, about 21 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 Mawai
Tehsil headquarters	Bahoriband	2.9 km
Nearest town	Sihorā	21 km
Nearest railway station	Salaia	21 km
District headquarters	Katni	41 km

Villages closest to Mawai

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 Mawai

As per the Census of India 2011, Mawai village had a population of 2,493. That makes it the 15th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Mawai village has 1,289 males and 1,204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mawai has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

Mawai covers 1178.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Mawai is Salaia, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Mawai.

Mawai is about 41 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mawai is in Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district. Bahoriband is about 2.9 km away. Sihorā is about 21 km away. Salaia is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.