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About Tighra Kalan Village

Tighra Kalan is a mid sized village in Maihar tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,111, made up of 582 males and 529 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208.61 hectares hectares.

Tighra Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tighra Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Maihar
Area (hectares) 208.61 hectares
Population 1,111
Male Population 582
Female Population 529
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 909
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Tighra Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Tighra Kalan is the 114th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents. Its 208.61 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Tighra Kalan

The census records public bus service for Tighra Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tighra Kalan from other places

Tighra Kalan lies about 6.1 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Satna Junction, about 5.1 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 Tighra Kalan
Nearest railway station Satna Junction 5.1 km
District headquarters Satna 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Maihar 29 km

Villages closest to Tighra Kalan

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 Tighra Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Tighra Kalan village had a population of 1,111. That makes it the 114th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents.

Tighra Kalan village has 582 males and 529 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tighra Kalan has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Tighra Kalan covers 208.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tighra Kalan falls under Maihar tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tighra Kalan is Satna Junction, about 5.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Tighra Kalan.

Tighra Kalan is about 6.1 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tighra Kalan is in Maihar tehsil of Satna district. Satna Junction is about 5.1 km away. Satna is about 6.1 km away. Maihar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bela Nadipur (4.3 km), Bela Railpur (4.3 km) and Belakhas (4.3 km).

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

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