About Amgawan Village

Amgawan is a large village in Rithi tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,606, made up of 1,856 males and 1,750 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1286.04 hectares hectares.

Amgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amgawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Rithi
Area (hectares)	1286.04 hectares
Population	3,606
Male Population	1,856
Female Population	1,750
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Amgawan compares

By the 2011 count Amgawan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 1286.04 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Amgawan

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

How far is Amgawan from other places

Amgawan lies about 42 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Salaia, about 1.7 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	Salaia	1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rithi	18 km
District headquarters	Katni	42 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	42 km

Villages closest to Amgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Amgawan village had a population of 3,606. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Amgawan village has 1,856 males and 1,750 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amgawan has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Amgawan covers 1286.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Amgawan is Salaia, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Amgawan.

Amgawan is about 42 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 Rithi tehsil of Katni district. Salaia is about 1.7 km away. Rithi is about 18 km away. Katni is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.