About Amgawan Village

Amgawan is a small village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 454, made up of 218 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 513 hectares hectares.

Amgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amgawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Silwani
Area (hectares)	513 hectares
Population	454
Male Population	218
Female Population	236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,083
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Amgawan compares

By the 2011 count Amgawan is the 101st largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 513 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Amgawan

Amgawan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Amgawan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Amgawan from other places

Amgawan lies about 50 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Sorai, about 44 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 Amgawan
Nearest town	Begamganj	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Silwani	22 km
Nearest railway station	Sorai	44 km
District headquarters	Raisen	50 km

Villages closest to Amgawan

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.

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Common questions about Amgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Amgawan village had a population of 454. That makes it the 101st largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Amgawan village has 218 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amgawan has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Amgawan covers 513 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amgawan falls under Silwani tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Amgawan is Sorai, about 44 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Amgawan.

Amgawan is about 50 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amgawan is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district. Begamganj is about 22 km away. Silwani is about 22 km away. Sorai is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.