About Tighara Village

Tighara is a small village in Dhimarkheda tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 169, made up of 83 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208 hectares hectares.

Tighara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tighara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Dhimarkheda
Area (hectares)	208 hectares
Population	169
Male Population	83
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,036
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tighara compares

By the 2011 count Tighara is the 160th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 208 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Tighara

Tighara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tighara 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tighara from other places

Tighara lies about 29 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Rithi, about 4.6 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 Tighara
Nearest railway station	Rithi	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhimarkheda	29 km
District headquarters	Katni	29 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	29 km

Villages closest to Tighara

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 Tighara

As per the Census of India 2011, Tighara village had a population of 169. That makes it the 160th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Tighara village has 83 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tighara has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Tighara covers 208 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Tighara is Rithi, about 4.6 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 village for Tighara.

Tighara is about 29 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tighara is in Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district. Rithi is about 4.6 km away. Dhimarkheda is about 29 km away. Katni is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.