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About Darwai Village

Darwai is a small village in Shahnagar tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 117, made up of 60 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.94 hectares hectares.

Darwai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darwai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Panna
Tehsil Shahnagar
Area (hectares) 28.94 hectares
Population 117
Male Population 60
Female Population 57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 950
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 Darwai compares

By the 2011 count Darwai is the 105th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 933 residents. Its 28.94 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Darwai

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

Darwai lies about 71 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Ghunwara Railway Station, about 8.5 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 Darwai
Nearest railway station Ghunwara Railway Station 8.5 km
Nearest town Maihar 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahnagar 33 km
District headquarters Panna 71 km

Villages closest to Darwai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darwai village had a population of 117. That makes it the 105th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 933 residents.

Darwai village has 60 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darwai has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

Darwai covers 28.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darwai falls under Shahnagar tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Darwai is Ghunwara Railway Station, about 8.5 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 Darwai.

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

Darwai is in Shahnagar tehsil of Panna district. Ghunwara Railway Station is about 8.5 km away. Maihar is about 22 km away. Shahnagar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhamka (2.2 km), Barhatola (2.3 km) and Pondi Kalan (3.5 km).

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

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