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About Satwara Village

Satwara is a small village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 302, made up of 148 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.74 hectares hectares.

Satwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Satwara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares) 174.74 hectares
Population 302
Male Population 148
Female Population 154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Satwara compares

By the 2011 count Satwara is the 118th 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 174.74 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Satwara

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

Satwara lies about 19 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Salhana, about 12 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 Satwara
Tehsil headquarters Vijayraghavgarh 12 km
Nearest railway station Salhana 12 km
District headquarters Katni 19 km
Nearest town Murwāra 19 km

Villages closest to Satwara

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 Satwara

As per the Census of India 2011, Satwara village had a population of 302. That makes it the 118th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Satwara village has 148 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Satwara has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

Satwara covers 174.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Satwara falls under Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Satwara is Salhana, about 12 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Satwara.

Satwara is about 19 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Satwara is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Vijayraghavgarh is about 12 km away. Salhana is about 12 km away. Katni is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Poniya (under 2 km), Kanti (1.7 km) and Sijhani (2.5 km).

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

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