About Bilwani Village

Bilwani is a mid sized village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 708, made up of 377 males and 331 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 651.59 hectares hectares.

Bilwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bilwani village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Gairatganj
Area (hectares)	651.59 hectares
Population	708
Male Population	377
Female Population	331
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
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 Bilwani compares

By the 2011 count Bilwani is the 45th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 651.59 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Bilwani

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

Bilwani lies about 48 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Sorai, about 47 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 Bilwani
Tehsil headquarters	Gairatganj	7.4 km
Nearest town	Begamganj	29 km
Nearest railway station	Sorai	47 km
District headquarters	Raisen	48 km

Villages closest to Bilwani

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.

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Common questions about Bilwani

As per the Census of India 2011, Bilwani village had a population of 708. That makes it the 45th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Bilwani village has 377 males and 331 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bilwani has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Bilwani covers 651.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Bilwani is Sorai, about 47 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 Bilwani.

Bilwani is about 48 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bilwani is in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. Gairatganj is about 7.4 km away. Begamganj is about 29 km away. Sorai is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.