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About Majgawan Village

Majgawan is a mid sized village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 518, made up of 276 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 666.96 hectares hectares.

Majgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majgawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Silwani
Area (hectares) 666.96 hectares
Population 518
Male Population 276
Female Population 242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Majgawan compares

By the 2011 count Majgawan is the 85th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 666.96 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 920.

Getting to Majgawan

Majgawan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Majgawan as Available within <5 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 Majgawan from other places

Majgawan lies about 60 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Pipariya, about 58 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 Majgawan
Tehsil headquarters Silwani 7.9 km
Nearest town Bareli 33 km
Nearest railway station Pipariya 58 km
District headquarters Raisen 60 km

Villages closest to Majgawan

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 Majgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Majgawan village had a population of 518. That makes it the 85th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Majgawan village has 276 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majgawan has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Majgawan covers 666.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Majgawan is Pipariya, about 58 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Majgawan.

Majgawan is about 60 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majgawan is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district. Silwani is about 7.9 km away. Bareli is about 33 km away. Pipariya is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kheri (under 2 km), Mendki (under 2 km) and Sahajpuri (2.1 km).

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

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