About Daigawan Village

Daigawan is a mid sized village in Dhimarkheda tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 744, made up of 407 males and 337 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263 hectares hectares.

Daigawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daigawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Dhimarkheda
Area (hectares)	263 hectares
Population	744
Male Population	407
Female Population	337
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	828
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Daigawan compares

By the 2011 count Daigawan is the 78th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 263 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 958.

Getting to Daigawan

Daigawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Daigawan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Daigawan from other places

Daigawan lies about 17 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Niwar, about 14 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 Daigawan
Nearest railway station	Niwar	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhimarkheda	17 km
District headquarters	Katni	17 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	17 km

Villages closest to Daigawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Daigawan village had a population of 744. That makes it the 78th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Daigawan village has 407 males and 337 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daigawan has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Daigawan covers 263 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Daigawan falls under Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Daigawan is Niwar, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance for Daigawan.

Daigawan is about 17 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daigawan is in Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district. Niwar is about 14 km away. Dhimarkheda is about 17 km away. Katni is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.