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About Kolgawan Village

Kolgawan is a small village in Unchahara tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 103, made up of 57 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 807 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.29 hectares hectares.

Kolgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolgawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Unchahara
Area (hectares) 139.29 hectares
Population 103
Male Population 57
Female Population 46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 807
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kolgawan compares

By the 2011 count Kolgawan is the 182nd largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 139.29 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 949.

Getting to Kolgawan

The census records public bus service for Kolgawan as Available within 10+ 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 Kolgawan from other places

Kolgawan lies about 13 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Lagargawan, 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 Kolgawan
Nearest railway station Lagargawan under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Unchahara 13 km
District headquarters Satna 13 km

Villages closest to Kolgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolgawan village had a population of 103. That makes it the 182nd largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Kolgawan village has 57 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolgawan has about 807 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Kolgawan covers 139.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kolgawan falls under Unchahara tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kolgawan is Lagargawan, about under 2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kolgawan.

Kolgawan is about 13 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolgawan is in Unchahara tehsil of Satna district. Lagargawan is about under 2 km away. Unchahara is about 13 km away. Satna is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Govrao Khurd (under 2 km), Matri Barmendra (2.2 km) and Kudahari Kalan (2.5 km).

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

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