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About Mau Village

Mau is a small village in Maihar tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 349, made up of 191 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 827 females per 1000 males. The village covers 335.93 hectares hectares.

Mau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mau village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Maihar
Area (hectares) 335.93 hectares
Population 349
Male Population 191
Female Population 158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 827
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Mau compares

By the 2011 count Mau is the 198th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents. Its 335.93 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 947.

Getting to Mau

Mau is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Mau as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Mau from other places

Mau lies about 30 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Unchhera, about 16 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 Mau
Nearest railway station Unchhera 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Maihar 19 km
District headquarters Satna 30 km

Villages closest to Mau

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 Mau

As per the Census of India 2011, Mau village had a population of 349. That makes it the 198th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents.

Mau village has 191 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mau has about 827 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Mau covers 335.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Mau is Unchhera, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Mau.

Mau is about 30 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mau is in Maihar tehsil of Satna district. Unchhera is about 16 km away. Maihar is about 19 km away. Satna is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karaundi Jahila (under 2 km), Karaundi Dubey (1.7 km) and Kanchanpur (2.3 km).

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

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