About Kuwan Village

Kuwan is a large village in Bahoriband tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,904, made up of 1,492 males and 1,412 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 667.85 hectares hectares.

Kuwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuwan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Bahoriband
Area (hectares)	667.85 hectares
Population	2,904
Male Population	1,492
Female Population	1,412
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kuwan compares

By the 2011 count Kuwan is the 11th 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 667.85 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 Kuwan

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

Kuwan lies about 38 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Dundi, about 12 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 Kuwan
Tehsil headquarters	Bahoriband	8.6 km
Nearest railway station	Dundi	12 km
Nearest town	Sihorā	14 km
District headquarters	Katni	38 km

Villages closest to Kuwan

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 Kuwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuwan village had a population of 2,904. That makes it the 11th 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.

Kuwan village has 1,492 males and 1,412 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuwan has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

Kuwan covers 667.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kuwan is Dundi, about 12 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 Kuwan.

Kuwan 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.

Kuwan is in Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district. Bahoriband is about 8.6 km away. Dundi is about 12 km away. Sihorā is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.