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About Majhgawan Village

Majhgawan is a large village in Maihar tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,181, made up of 1,642 males and 1,539 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 745.49 hectares hectares.

Majhgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhgawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Maihar
Area (hectares) 745.49 hectares
Population 3,181
Male Population 1,642
Female Population 1,539
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 937
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Majhgawan compares

By the 2011 count Majhgawan is the 16th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents. Its 745.49 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Majhgawan

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

Majhgawan lies about 64 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Khanna Banjari, about 13 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 Majhgawan
Nearest railway station Khanna Banjari 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Maihar 29 km
District headquarters Satna 64 km

Villages closest to Majhgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhgawan village had a population of 3,181. That makes it the 16th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents.

Majhgawan village has 1,642 males and 1,539 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhgawan has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Majhgawan covers 745.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majhgawan falls under Maihar tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Majhgawan is Khanna Banjari, about 13 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 Majhgawan.

Majhgawan is about 64 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhgawan is in Maihar tehsil of Satna district. Khanna Banjari is about 13 km away. Maihar is about 29 km away. Satna is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kudwa (3.9 km), Bishnupur (4.8 km) and Amatara (6.1 km).

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

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