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About Saraswahi Village

Saraswahi is a large village in Dhimarkheda tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,006, made up of 1,009 males and 997 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 551.31 hectares hectares.

Saraswahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saraswahi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Dhimarkheda
Area (hectares) 551.31 hectares
Population 2,006
Male Population 1,009
Female Population 997
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Saraswahi compares

By the 2011 count Saraswahi is the 19th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 551.31 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Saraswahi

Saraswahi 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 Saraswahi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Saraswahi from other places

Saraswahi lies about 7.5 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is New Katni Junction, about 3.1 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 Saraswahi
Nearest railway station New Katni Junction 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhimarkheda 7.5 km
District headquarters Katni 7.5 km
Nearest town Murwāra 7.5 km

Villages closest to Saraswahi

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 Saraswahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Saraswahi village had a population of 2,006. That makes it the 19th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Saraswahi village has 1,009 males and 997 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saraswahi has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 958.

Saraswahi covers 551.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Saraswahi is New Katni Junction, about 3.1 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 village for Saraswahi.

Saraswahi is about 7.5 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saraswahi is in Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district. New Katni Junction is about 3.1 km away. Dhimarkheda is about 7.5 km away. Katni is about 7.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khirwa Pondi (under 2 km), Padariya (under 2 km) and Padariya Khurd (under 2 km).

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

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