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About Majhgawan Village

Majhgawan is a mid sized village in Shahnagar tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 638, made up of 340 males and 298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 408.13 hectares hectares.

Majhgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhgawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Panna
Tehsil Shahnagar
Area (hectares) 408.13 hectares
Population 638
Male Population 340
Female Population 298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
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 Majhgawan compares

By the 2011 count Majhgawan is the 61st largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 933 residents. Its 408.13 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 945.

Getting to Majhgawan

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

Majhgawan lies about 96 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Majhgawan Phatak, about under 2 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 Majhgawan
Nearest railway station Majhgawan Phatak under 2 km
Nearest town Murwāra 6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahnagar 14 km
District headquarters Panna 96 km

Villages closest to Majhgawan

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 Majhgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhgawan village had a population of 638. That makes it the 61st largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 933 residents.

Majhgawan village has 340 males and 298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhgawan has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Majhgawan covers 408.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Majhgawan is Majhgawan Phatak, about under 2 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 Majhgawan.

Majhgawan is about 96 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhgawan is in Shahnagar tehsil of Panna district. Majhgawan Phatak is about under 2 km away. Murwāra is about 6.5 km away. Shahnagar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paraswara (4.7 km), Sugraha (6.9 km) and Rampur (7.5 km).

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

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