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About Mahgawan Khurd Village

Mahgawan Khurd is a small village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 414, made up of 220 males and 194 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 861.97 hectares hectares.

Mahgawan Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahgawan Khurd village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Silwani
Area (hectares) 861.97 hectares
Population 414
Male Population 220
Female Population 194
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
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 Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Mahgawan Khurd is the 110th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 861.97 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Mahgawan Khurd

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

Mahgawan Khurd lies about 77 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Gadarwara, about 48 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 Khurd
Tehsil headquarters Silwani 10 km
Nearest town Begamganj 42 km
Nearest railway station Gadarwara 48 km
District headquarters Raisen 77 km

Villages closest to Mahgawan Khurd

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Silwani 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 Mahgawan Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahgawan Khurd village had a population of 414. That makes it the 110th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Mahgawan Khurd village has 220 males and 194 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahgawan Khurd has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Mahgawan Khurd covers 861.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mahgawan Khurd falls under Silwani tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Mahgawan Khurd is Gadarwara, about 48 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 Khurd.

Mahgawan Khurd is about 77 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahgawan Khurd is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district. Silwani is about 10 km away. Begamganj is about 42 km away. Gadarwara is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahgawan (under 2 km), Mahgawan Kalan (under 2 km) and Samnapur (under 2 km).

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

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