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About Girwal Village

Girwal is a mid sized village in Bina tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,641, made up of 867 males and 774 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 802.66 hectares hectares.

Girwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girwal village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Bina
Area (hectares) 802.66 hectares
Population 1,641
Male Population 867
Female Population 774
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Girwal compares

By the 2011 count Girwal is the 14th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 802.66 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 900.

Getting to Girwal

Girwal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Girwal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Girwal from other places

Girwal lies about 79 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Kanjiya, about 2.6 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 Girwal
Nearest railway station Kanjiya 2.6 km
Nearest town Mungaoli 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Bina 18 km
District headquarters Sagar 79 km

Villages closest to Girwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Girwal village had a population of 1,641. That makes it the 14th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Girwal village has 867 males and 774 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girwal has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 900.

Girwal covers 802.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Girwal falls under Bina tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Girwal is Kanjiya, about 2.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Girwal.

Girwal is about 79 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Girwal is in Bina tehsil of Sagar district. Kanjiya is about 2.6 km away. Mungaoli is about 12 km away. Bina is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Laharwas (2.2 km), Bagaspur (2.7 km) and Lahrawada (2.9 km).

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

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