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About Bhatgawan Village

Bhatgawan is a mid sized village in Dhimarkheda tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 573, made up of 304 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202.38 hectares hectares.

Bhatgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhatgawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Dhimarkheda
Area (hectares) 202.38 hectares
Population 573
Male Population 304
Female Population 269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhatgawan compares

By the 2011 count Bhatgawan is the 97th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 202.38 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 Bhatgawan

Bhatgawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bhatgawan as Available within 5 - 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 Bhatgawan from other places

Bhatgawan lies about 19 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Niwar, about 10 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 Bhatgawan
Nearest railway station Niwar 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhimarkheda 19 km
District headquarters Katni 19 km
Nearest town Murwāra 19 km

Villages closest to Bhatgawan

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 Bhatgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhatgawan village had a population of 573. That makes it the 97th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Bhatgawan village has 304 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhatgawan has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Bhatgawan covers 202.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bhatgawan is Niwar, about 10 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bhatgawan.

Bhatgawan is about 19 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhatgawan is in Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district. Niwar is about 10 km away. Dhimarkheda is about 19 km away. Katni is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amgawan (2.9 km), Sagawan (2.9 km) and Nawaliya (3.3 km).

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

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