About Margaon Village

Margaon is a mid sized village in Bichhiya tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 544, made up of 273 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.4 hectares hectares.

Margaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Margaon village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Mandla
Tehsil	Bichhiya
Area (hectares)	230.4 hectares
Population	544
Male Population	273
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	993
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Margaon compares

By the 2011 count Margaon is the 176th largest of the 321 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 744 residents. Its 230.4 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Margaon

Margaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Margaon 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Margaon from other places

Margaon lies about 93 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Gosalpur, about 4.3 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 Margaon
Nearest railway station	Gosalpur	4.3 km
Nearest town	Sihorā	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bichhiya	22 km
District headquarters	Mandla	93 km

Villages closest to Margaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Margaon village had a population of 544. That makes it the 176th largest of the 321 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 744 residents.

Margaon village has 273 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Margaon has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Margaon covers 230.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Margaon falls under Bichhiya tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Margaon is Gosalpur, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Margaon is about 93 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Margaon is in Bichhiya tehsil of Mandla district. Gosalpur is about 4.3 km away. Sihorā is about 10 km away. Bichhiya is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.