About Mahgawan Village

Mahgawan is a small village in Rithi tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 19, made up of 10 males and 9 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.39 hectares hectares.

Mahgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahgawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Rithi
Area (hectares)	64.39 hectares
Population	19
Male Population	10
Female Population	9
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mahgawan compares

By the 2011 count Mahgawan is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 64.39 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 963.

Getting to Mahgawan

Mahgawan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Mahgawan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Mahgawan from other places

Mahgawan lies about 21 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Hardua, about 8.9 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 Mahgawan
Nearest railway station	Hardua	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rithi	16 km
District headquarters	Katni	21 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	21 km

Villages closest to Mahgawan

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 Mahgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahgawan village had a population of 19. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Mahgawan village has 10 males and 9 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahgawan has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Mahgawan covers 64.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Mahgawan is Hardua, about 8.9 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 10+ km distance for Mahgawan.

Mahgawan is about 21 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahgawan is in Rithi tehsil of Katni district. Hardua is about 8.9 km away. Rithi is about 16 km away. Katni is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.