About Majhgawan Village

Majhgawan is a mid sized village in Murwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,507, made up of 792 males and 715 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 764.73 hectares hectares.

Majhgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhgawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Murwara
Area (hectares)	764.73 hectares
Population	1,507
Male Population	792
Female Population	715
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Majhgawan compares

By the 2011 count Majhgawan is the 30th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 764.73 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Majhgawan

Majhgawan 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 Majhgawan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Majhgawan from other places

Majhgawan lies about 6.5 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Majhgawan Phatak, about under 2 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 Majhgawan
Nearest railway station	Majhgawan Phatak	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Murwara	6.5 km
District headquarters	Katni	6.5 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	6.5 km

Villages closest to Majhgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhgawan village had a population of 1,507. That makes it the 30th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Majhgawan village has 792 males and 715 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhgawan has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Majhgawan covers 764.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Majhgawan falls under Murwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Majhgawan is Majhgawan Phatak, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Majhgawan.

Majhgawan is about 6.5 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhgawan is in Murwara tehsil of Katni district. Majhgawan Phatak is about under 2 km away. Murwara is about 6.5 km away. Katni is about 6.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.