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About Agarota Village

Agarota is a large village in Joura tehsil, in the district of Morena, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,341, made up of 1,244 males and 1,097 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 489 hectares hectares.

Agarota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agarota village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Morena
Tehsil Joura
Area (hectares) 489 hectares
Population 2,341
Male Population 1,244
Female Population 1,097
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Agarota compares

By the 2011 count Agarota is the 50th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,731 residents. Its 489 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 819.

Getting to Agarota

Agarota 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 Agarota as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Agarota from other places

Agarota lies about 30 km from Morena, and the nearest railway station is Sikroda, about 1.5 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 Agarota
Nearest railway station Sikroda 1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Joura 6.1 km
Nearest town Jora 6.1 km
District headquarters Morena 30 km

Villages closest to Agarota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Agarota village had a population of 2,341. That makes it the 50th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,731 residents.

Agarota village has 1,244 males and 1,097 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agarota has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 819.

Agarota covers 489 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Agarota falls under Joura tehsil of Morena district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Agarota is Sikroda, about 1.5 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 village for Agarota.

Agarota is about 30 km from Morena in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Agarota is in Joura tehsil of Morena district. Sikroda is about 1.5 km away. Joura is about 6.1 km away. Jora is about 6.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sikroda (under 2 km), Jonara (under 2 km) and Narholi (1.7 km).

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

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