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About Majhguwan Village

Majhguwan is a small village in Garhakota tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 171, made up of 96 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 781 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187 hectares hectares.

Majhguwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhguwan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Garhakota
Area (hectares) 187 hectares
Population 171
Male Population 96
Female Population 75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 781
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Majhguwan compares

By the 2011 count Majhguwan is the 86th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 866 residents. Its 187 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 908.

Getting to Majhguwan

Majhguwan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Majhguwan as Available within <5 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 Majhguwan from other places

Majhguwan lies about 33 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Ganeshganj, about 4.6 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 Majhguwan
Nearest railway station Ganeshganj 4.6 km
Nearest town Patharia 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhakota 19 km
District headquarters Sagar 33 km

Villages closest to Majhguwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhguwan village had a population of 171. That makes it the 86th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 866 residents.

Majhguwan village has 96 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhguwan has about 781 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Majhguwan covers 187 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Majhguwan falls under Garhakota tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Majhguwan is Ganeshganj, about 4.6 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 village for Majhguwan.

Majhguwan is about 33 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhguwan is in Garhakota tehsil of Sagar district. Ganeshganj is about 4.6 km away. Patharia is about 15 km away. Garhakota is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madiya Khurd (2.4 km), Umara (9.5 km) and Murga (11 km).

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

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