About Paingawan Village

Paingawan is a mid sized village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 520, made up of 274 males and 246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 327.56 hectares hectares.

Paingawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paingawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Gairatganj
Area (hectares)	327.56 hectares
Population	520
Male Population	274
Female Population	246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paingawan compares

By the 2011 count Paingawan is the 79th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 327.56 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 Paingawan

Paingawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Paingawan as Available within 5 - 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 Paingawan from other places

Paingawan lies about 42 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Sorai, about 36 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 Paingawan
Tehsil headquarters	Gairatganj	4.7 km
Nearest town	Begamganj	25 km
Nearest railway station	Sorai	36 km
District headquarters	Raisen	42 km

Villages closest to Paingawan

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 Paingawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Paingawan village had a population of 520. That makes it the 79th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Paingawan village has 274 males and 246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paingawan has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Paingawan covers 327.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Paingawan is Sorai, about 36 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Paingawan.

Paingawan is about 42 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paingawan is in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. Gairatganj is about 4.7 km away. Begamganj is about 25 km away. Sorai is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.