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About Papra Village

Papra is a mid sized village in Amarpatan tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,338, made up of 652 males and 686 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2519.05 hectares hectares.

Papra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Papra village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Amarpatan
Area (hectares) 2519.05 hectares
Population 1,338
Male Population 652
Female Population 686
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,052
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Papra compares

By the 2011 count Papra is the 54th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents. Its 2519.05 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Papra

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

Papra lies about 22 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Unchhera, about under 2 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 Papra
Nearest railway station Unchhera under 2 km
Nearest town Maihar 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Amarpatan 19 km
District headquarters Satna 22 km

Villages closest to Papra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Papra village had a population of 1,338. That makes it the 54th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents.

Papra village has 652 males and 686 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Papra has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Papra covers 2519.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Papra falls under Amarpatan tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Papra is Unchhera, about under 2 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 Papra.

Papra is about 22 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Papra is in Amarpatan tehsil of Satna district. Unchhera is about under 2 km away. Maihar is about 14 km away. Amarpatan 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 Bara (5.9 km), Mauhariya Dewarth (6.4 km) and Sahijana (11 km).

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

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