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About Higona Village

Higona is a small village in Biaora tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 72, made up of 42 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 714 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.24 hectares hectares.

Higona Overview

Census 2011 figures for Higona village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Rajgarh
Tehsil Biaora
Area (hectares) 68.24 hectares
Population 72
Male Population 42
Female Population 30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 714
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 Higona compares

By the 2011 count Higona is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 811 residents. Its 68.24 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 939.

Getting to Higona

Higona is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Higona 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 Higona from other places

Higona lies about 29 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Kachnaria, about 10 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 Higona
Tehsil headquarters Biaora 9.2 km
Nearest railway station Kachnaria 10 km
District headquarters Rajgarh 29 km

Villages closest to Higona

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Higona village had a population of 72. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 811 residents.

Higona village has 42 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Higona has about 714 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Higona covers 68.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Higona falls under Biaora tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Higona is Kachnaria, about 10 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 Higona.

Higona is about 29 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Higona is in Biaora tehsil of Rajgarh district. Biaora is about 9.2 km away. Kachnaria is about 10 km away. Rajgarh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kher Khedi (under 2 km), Khankra Gandi (under 2 km) and Baipura (under 2 km).

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

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