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About Pahariya Village

Pahariya is a mid sized village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 966, made up of 503 males and 463 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.42 hectares hectares.

Pahariya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pahariya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares) 207.42 hectares
Population 966
Male Population 503
Female Population 463
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
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 Pahariya compares

By the 2011 count Pahariya is the 66th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 207.42 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 Pahariya

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

Pahariya lies about 13 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Katangi Khurd, about 11 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 Pahariya
Nearest railway station Katangi Khurd 11 km
District headquarters Katni 13 km
Nearest town Murwāra 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Vijayraghavgarh 17 km

Villages closest to Pahariya

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 Pahariya

As per the Census of India 2011, Pahariya village had a population of 966. That makes it the 66th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Pahariya village has 503 males and 463 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pahariya has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 955.

Pahariya covers 207.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Pahariya is Katangi Khurd, about 11 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 Pahariya.

Pahariya is about 13 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pahariya is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Katangi Khurd is about 11 km away. Katni is about 13 km away. Murwāra is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jugiya (under 2 km), Chhata (1.8 km) and Badera (2.7 km).

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

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