About Tilgawan Village

Tilgawan is a mid sized village in Rithi tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,640, made up of 845 males and 795 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234.99 hectares hectares.

Tilgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tilgawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Rithi
Area (hectares)	234.99 hectares
Population	1,640
Male Population	845
Female Population	795
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tilgawan compares

By the 2011 count Tilgawan is the 19th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 234.99 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Tilgawan

Tilgawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tilgawan 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 Tilgawan from other places

Tilgawan lies about 17 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Patohan, about 11 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 Tilgawan
Nearest railway station	Patohan	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rithi	13 km
District headquarters	Katni	17 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	17 km

Villages closest to Tilgawan

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 Tilgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Tilgawan village had a population of 1,640. That makes it the 19th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Tilgawan village has 845 males and 795 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tilgawan has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Tilgawan covers 234.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Tilgawan is Patohan, about 11 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 Tilgawan.

Tilgawan is about 17 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tilgawan is in Rithi tehsil of Katni district. Patohan is about 11 km away. Rithi is about 13 km away. Katni is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.