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About Sanjara Village

Sanjara is a mid sized village in Garhakota tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,829, made up of 981 males and 848 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 414.62 hectares hectares.

Sanjara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sanjara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Garhakota
Area (hectares) 414.62 hectares
Population 1,829
Male Population 981
Female Population 848
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sanjara compares

By the 2011 count Sanjara is the 12th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 866 residents. Its 414.62 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 908.

Getting to Sanjara

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

Sanjara lies about 40 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Ganeshganj, about 15 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 Sanjara
Tehsil headquarters Garhakota 2.5 km
Nearest town Garhākota 2.5 km
Nearest railway station Ganeshganj 15 km
District headquarters Sagar 40 km

Villages closest to Sanjara

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 Sanjara

As per the Census of India 2011, Sanjara village had a population of 1,829. That makes it the 12th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 866 residents.

Sanjara village has 981 males and 848 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sanjara has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Sanjara covers 414.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sanjara is Ganeshganj, about 15 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 Sanjara.

Sanjara is about 40 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sanjara is in Garhakota tehsil of Sagar district. Garhakota is about 2.5 km away. Garhākota is about 2.5 km away. Ganeshganj is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raguwan (1.6 km), Ranguwan (1.6 km) and Barkhera Gautam (1.9 km).

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

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