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About Bamhan Gawan Village

Bamhan Gawan is a mid sized village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 537, made up of 280 males and 257 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195.9 hectares hectares.

Bamhan Gawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bamhan Gawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares) 195.9 hectares
Population 537
Male Population 280
Female Population 257
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bamhan Gawan compares

By the 2011 count Bamhan Gawan is the 102nd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 195.9 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 955.

Getting to Bamhan Gawan

Bamhan Gawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bamhan Gawan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Bamhan Gawan from other places

Bamhan Gawan lies about 29 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Amdara, about 7.4 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 Bamhan Gawan
Tehsil headquarters Vijayraghavgarh 5.0 km
Nearest railway station Amdara 7.4 km
District headquarters Katni 29 km
Nearest town Murwāra 29 km

Villages closest to Bamhan Gawan

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

Common questions about Bamhan Gawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bamhan Gawan village had a population of 537. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Bamhan Gawan village has 280 males and 257 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bamhan Gawan has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 955.

Bamhan Gawan covers 195.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bamhan Gawan falls under Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bamhan Gawan is Amdara, about 7.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bamhan Gawan.

Bamhan Gawan 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.

Bamhan Gawan is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Vijayraghavgarh is about 5.0 km away. Amdara is about 7.4 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.

The closest recorded villages are Kalhara (1.5 km), Deori Majhgawan (1.7 km) and Khalwara (3.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bamhan Gawan today is likely to be higher.

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