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About Pousi Village

Pousi is a mid sized village in Shahnagar tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 705, made up of 355 males and 350 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 757.36 hectares hectares.

Pousi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pousi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Panna
Tehsil Shahnagar
Area (hectares) 757.36 hectares
Population 705
Male Population 355
Female Population 350
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 986
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 Pousi compares

By the 2011 count Pousi is the 56th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 933 residents. Its 757.36 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Pousi

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

Pousi lies about 74 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Hardua, about 16 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 Pousi
Tehsil headquarters Shahnagar 8.7 km
Nearest railway station Hardua 16 km
Nearest town Murwāra 28 km
District headquarters Panna 74 km

Villages closest to Pousi

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 Pousi

As per the Census of India 2011, Pousi village had a population of 705. That makes it the 56th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 933 residents.

Pousi village has 355 males and 350 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pousi has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Pousi covers 757.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Pousi is Hardua, about 16 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 Pousi.

Pousi is about 74 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pousi is in Shahnagar tehsil of Panna district. Shahnagar is about 8.7 km away. Hardua is about 16 km away. Murwāra is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jugarwara (1.6 km), Pagri (2.3 km) and Shahpur (3.2 km).

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

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