About Mehgaon Village

Mehgaon is a mid sized village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 547, made up of 292 males and 255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.58 hectares hectares.

Mehgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mehgaon village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares)	140.58 hectares
Population	547
Male Population	292
Female Population	255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mehgaon compares

By the 2011 count Mehgaon is the 100th 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 140.58 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 Mehgaon

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

Mehgaon lies about 23 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Pakaria Road, about 4.8 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 Mehgaon
Nearest railway station	Pakaria Road	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vijayraghavgarh	8.8 km
District headquarters	Katni	23 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	23 km

Villages closest to Mehgaon

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 Mehgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Mehgaon village had a population of 547. That makes it the 100th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Mehgaon village has 292 males and 255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mehgaon has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Mehgaon covers 140.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Mehgaon is Pakaria Road, about 4.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Mehgaon.

Mehgaon is about 23 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mehgaon is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Pakaria Road is about 4.8 km away. Vijayraghavgarh is about 8.8 km away. Katni is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.