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About Tigariya Village

Tigariya is a mid sized village in Goharganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 806, made up of 431 males and 375 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 427.67 hectares hectares.

Tigariya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tigariya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Goharganj
Area (hectares) 427.67 hectares
Population 806
Male Population 431
Female Population 375
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Tigariya compares

By the 2011 count Tigariya is the 63rd largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 427.67 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 911.

Getting to Tigariya

The census records public bus service for Tigariya as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tigariya from other places

Tigariya lies about 45 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Obaidullaganj, about 3.1 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 Tigariya
Nearest railway station Obaidullaganj 3.1 km
Nearest town Ubaidullāhganj 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Goharganj 11 km
District headquarters Raisen 45 km

Villages closest to Tigariya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tigariya village had a population of 806. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Tigariya village has 431 males and 375 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tigariya has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Tigariya covers 427.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tigariya falls under Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tigariya is Obaidullaganj, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Tigariya.

Tigariya is about 45 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tigariya is in Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district. Obaidullaganj is about 3.1 km away. Ubaidullāhganj is about 3.4 km away. Goharganj is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chamariya Khamariya (2.0 km), Amchha Kalan (2.1 km) and Diwatiya (2.8 km).

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

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