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About Sanwasi Village

Sanwasi is a mid sized village in Narsinghgarh tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,407, made up of 754 males and 653 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 646.69 hectares hectares.

Sanwasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sanwasi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Rajgarh
Tehsil Narsinghgarh
Area (hectares) 646.69 hectares
Population 1,407
Male Population 754
Female Population 653
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sanwasi compares

By the 2011 count Sanwasi is the 46th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 989 residents. Its 646.69 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Sanwasi

Sanwasi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sanwasi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sanwasi from other places

Sanwasi lies about 53 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Kachnaria, about 33 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 Sanwasi
Tehsil headquarters Narsinghgarh 7.1 km
Nearest railway station Kachnaria 33 km
District headquarters Rajgarh 53 km

Villages closest to Sanwasi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sanwasi village had a population of 1,407. That makes it the 46th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 989 residents.

Sanwasi village has 754 males and 653 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sanwasi has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Sanwasi covers 646.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sanwasi falls under Narsinghgarh tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sanwasi is Kachnaria, about 33 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Sanwasi.

Sanwasi is about 53 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sanwasi is in Narsinghgarh tehsil of Rajgarh district. Narsinghgarh is about 7.1 km away. Kachnaria is about 33 km away. Rajgarh is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badodia Jagir (under 2 km), Ilahipura (1.8 km) and Panjra (2.5 km).

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

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