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About Kiratpur Village

Kiratpur is a mid sized village in Begamganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 706, made up of 384 males and 322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 461.84 hectares hectares.

Kiratpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kiratpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Begamganj
Area (hectares) 461.84 hectares
Population 706
Male Population 384
Female Population 322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 839
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kiratpur compares

By the 2011 count Kiratpur is the 56th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 461.84 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 884.

Getting to Kiratpur

Kiratpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kiratpur as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kiratpur from other places

Kiratpur lies about 75 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Ratona, about 34 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 Kiratpur
Tehsil headquarters Begamganj 12 km
Nearest railway station Ratona 34 km
District headquarters Raisen 75 km

Villages closest to Kiratpur

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.

Common questions about Kiratpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kiratpur village had a population of 706. That makes it the 56th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Kiratpur village has 384 males and 322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kiratpur has about 839 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 884.

Kiratpur covers 461.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kiratpur is Ratona, about 34 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 village for Kiratpur.

Kiratpur is about 75 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kiratpur is in Begamganj tehsil of Raisen district. Begamganj is about 12 km away. Ratona is about 34 km away. Raisen is about 75 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhenswai Khurd (2.3 km), Lakhanpur (2.3 km) and Bhenswai Kalan (2.5 km).

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

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