About Sijhani Village

Sijhani is a mid sized village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 991, made up of 524 males and 467 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 441.44 hectares hectares.

Sijhani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sijhani village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares)	441.44 hectares
Population	991
Male Population	524
Female Population	467
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
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 Sijhani compares

By the 2011 count Sijhani is the 64th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 441.44 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Sijhani

Sijhani is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sijhani 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 Sijhani from other places

Sijhani lies about 20 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Salhana, about 9.8 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 Sijhani
Nearest railway station	Salhana	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vijayraghavgarh	13 km
District headquarters	Katni	20 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	20 km

Villages closest to Sijhani

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.

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Common questions about Sijhani

As per the Census of India 2011, Sijhani village had a population of 991. That makes it the 64th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Sijhani village has 524 males and 467 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sijhani has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Sijhani covers 441.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sijhani is Salhana, about 9.8 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 Sijhani.

Sijhani is about 20 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sijhani is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Salhana is about 9.8 km away. Vijayraghavgarh is about 13 km away. Katni is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.