About Tighra Village

Tighra is a mid sized village in Pawai tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,912, made up of 1,029 males and 883 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1529.36 hectares hectares.

Tighra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tighra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Panna
Tehsil	Pawai
Area (hectares)	1529.36 hectares
Population	1,912
Male Population	1,029
Female Population	883
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tighra compares

By the 2011 count Tighra is the 19th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 894 residents. Its 1529.36 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Tighra

Tighra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tighra 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tighra from other places

Tighra lies about 53 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Rithi, about 47 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 Tighra
Tehsil headquarters	Pawai	20 km
Nearest town	Hatta	41 km
Nearest railway station	Rithi	47 km
District headquarters	Panna	53 km

Villages closest to Tighra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tighra village had a population of 1,912. That makes it the 19th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 894 residents.

Tighra village has 1,029 males and 883 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tighra has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Tighra covers 1529.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tighra falls under Pawai tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tighra is Rithi, about 47 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Tighra.

Tighra is about 53 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tighra is in Pawai tehsil of Panna district. Pawai is about 20 km away. Hatta is about 41 km away. Rithi is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.