About Mahgawan Village

Mahgawan is a mid sized village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 619, made up of 318 males and 301 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 462.4 hectares hectares.

Mahgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahgawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Gairatganj
Area (hectares)	462.4 hectares
Population	619
Male Population	318
Female Population	301
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
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 Mahgawan compares

By the 2011 count Mahgawan is the 57th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 462.4 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Mahgawan

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

Mahgawan lies about 61 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Sorai, about 57 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 Mahgawan
Tehsil headquarters	Gairatganj	16 km
Nearest town	Begamganj	26 km
Nearest railway station	Sorai	57 km
District headquarters	Raisen	61 km

Villages closest to Mahgawan

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 Mahgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahgawan village had a population of 619. That makes it the 57th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Mahgawan village has 318 males and 301 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahgawan has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 892.

Mahgawan covers 462.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Mahgawan is Sorai, about 57 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 Mahgawan.

Mahgawan is about 61 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahgawan is in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. Gairatganj is about 16 km away. Begamganj is about 26 km away. Sorai is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.