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About Bhanwargarh Village

Bhanwargarh is a small village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 469, made up of 255 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 672.74 hectares hectares.

Bhanwargarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhanwargarh village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Gairatganj
Area (hectares) 672.74 hectares
Population 469
Male Population 255
Female Population 214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 839
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhanwargarh compares

By the 2011 count Bhanwargarh is the 88th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 672.74 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 892.

Getting to Bhanwargarh

Bhanwargarh is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bhanwargarh 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bhanwargarh from other places

Bhanwargarh lies about 58 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Sorai, about 55 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 Bhanwargarh
Tehsil headquarters Gairatganj 14 km
Nearest town Begamganj 25 km
Nearest railway station Sorai 55 km
District headquarters Raisen 58 km

Villages closest to Bhanwargarh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhanwargarh village had a population of 469. That makes it the 88th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Bhanwargarh village has 255 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhanwargarh has about 839 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 892.

Bhanwargarh covers 672.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhanwargarh falls under Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bhanwargarh is Sorai, about 55 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bhanwargarh.

Bhanwargarh is about 58 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhanwargarh is in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. Gairatganj is about 14 km away. Begamganj is about 25 km away. Sorai is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khumari (under 2 km), Mahuna (2.0 km) and Gailpur (2.2 km).

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

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