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About Kourawad Village

Kourawad is a mid sized village in Barwaha tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,117, made up of 585 males and 532 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217.39 hectares hectares.

Kourawad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kourawad village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Khargone
Tehsil Barwaha
Area (hectares) 217.39 hectares
Population 1,117
Male Population 585
Female Population 532
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 909
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kourawad compares

By the 2011 count Kourawad is the 86th largest of the 246 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents. Its 217.39 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 944.

Getting to Kourawad

Kourawad is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kourawad as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kourawad from other places

Kourawad lies about 71 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Mukhtiara Balwada, about 2.7 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 Kourawad
Nearest railway station Mukhtiara Balwada 2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Barwaha 14 km
Nearest town Barwāh 14 km
District headquarters Khargone 71 km

Villages closest to Kourawad

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barwaha 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 Kourawad

As per the Census of India 2011, Kourawad village had a population of 1,117. That makes it the 86th largest of the 246 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents.

Kourawad village has 585 males and 532 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kourawad has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

Kourawad covers 217.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kourawad falls under Barwaha tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kourawad is Mukhtiara Balwada, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kourawad.

Kourawad is about 71 km from Khargone in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kourawad is in Barwaha tehsil of Khargone district. Mukhtiara Balwada is about 2.7 km away. Barwaha is about 14 km away. Barwāh is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hanumantya (under 2 km), Selda (2.2 km) and Lal Pura (2.4 km).

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

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