About Dehgawan Village

Dehgawan is a small village in Begamganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 491, made up of 263 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419.08 hectares hectares.

Dehgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dehgawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Begamganj
Area (hectares)	419.08 hectares
Population	491
Male Population	263
Female Population	228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Dehgawan compares

By the 2011 count Dehgawan is the 93rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 419.08 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Dehgawan

Dehgawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dehgawan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dehgawan from other places

Dehgawan lies about 78 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Ratona, about 44 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 Dehgawan
Tehsil headquarters	Begamganj	24 km
Nearest railway station	Ratona	44 km
District headquarters	Raisen	78 km

Villages closest to Dehgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dehgawan village had a population of 491. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Dehgawan village has 263 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dehgawan has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 884.

Dehgawan covers 419.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dehgawan falls under Begamganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dehgawan is Ratona, about 44 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dehgawan.

Dehgawan is about 78 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dehgawan is in Begamganj tehsil of Raisen district. Begamganj is about 24 km away. Ratona is about 44 km away. Raisen is about 78 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.