About Sijhara Village

Sijhara is a large village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,279, made up of 1,124 males and 1,155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 845.2 hectares hectares.

Sijhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sijhara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares)	845.2 hectares
Population	2,279
Male Population	1,124
Female Population	1,155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sijhara compares

By the 2011 count Sijhara is the 19th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 845.2 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Sijhara

Sijhara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sijhara 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sijhara from other places

Sijhara lies about 37 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Pipariya Kalan, about 9.1 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 Sijhara
Nearest railway station	Pipariya Kalan	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vijayraghavgarh	15 km
District headquarters	Katni	37 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	37 km

Villages closest to Sijhara

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 Sijhara

As per the Census of India 2011, Sijhara village had a population of 2,279. That makes it the 19th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Sijhara village has 1,124 males and 1,155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sijhara has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

Sijhara covers 845.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sijhara is Pipariya Kalan, about 9.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sijhara.

Sijhara is about 37 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sijhara is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Pipariya Kalan is about 9.1 km away. Vijayraghavgarh is about 15 km away. Katni is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.