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About Amgawan Village

Amgawan is a small village in Dhimarkheda tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 361, made up of 189 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120 hectares hectares.

Amgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amgawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Dhimarkheda
Area (hectares) 120 hectares
Population 361
Male Population 189
Female Population 172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 910
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Amgawan compares

By the 2011 count Amgawan is the 126th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 120 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Amgawan

The census records public bus service for Amgawan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 21 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Jhalwara, 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 Amgawan
Nearest railway station Jhalwara 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhimarkheda 21 km
District headquarters Katni 21 km
Nearest town Murwāra 21 km

Villages closest to Amgawan

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.

Common questions about Amgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Amgawan village had a population of 361. That makes it the 126th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Amgawan village has 189 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amgawan has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Amgawan covers 120 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Amgawan is Jhalwara, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Amgawan.

Amgawan is about 21 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 Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district. Jhalwara is about 12 km away. Dhimarkheda is about 21 km away. Katni is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sagawan (under 2 km), Nawaliya (under 2 km) and Mohanpani (2.9 km).

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

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