About Sahawan Village

Sahawan is a large village in Banda tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,721, made up of 1,450 males and 1,271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 901.76 hectares hectares.

Sahawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sahawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sagar
Tehsil	Banda
Area (hectares)	901.76 hectares
Population	2,721
Male Population	1,450
Female Population	1,271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sahawan compares

By the 2011 count Sahawan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents. Its 901.76 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Sahawan

Sahawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sahawan 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sahawan from other places

Sahawan lies about 25 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Dangidahar, about 9.5 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 Sahawan
Nearest railway station	Dangidahar	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Banda	12 km
District headquarters	Sagar	25 km

Villages closest to Sahawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sahawan village had a population of 2,721. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents.

Sahawan village has 1,450 males and 1,271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sahawan has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 893.

Sahawan covers 901.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sahawan falls under Banda tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sahawan is Dangidahar, about 9.5 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 village for Sahawan.

Sahawan is about 25 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sahawan is in Banda tehsil of Sagar district. Dangidahar is about 9.5 km away. Banda is about 12 km away. Sagar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.