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About Tighara Village

Tighara is a mid sized village in Unchahara tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,158, made up of 618 males and 540 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.94 hectares hectares.

Tighara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tighara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Unchahara
Area (hectares) 162.94 hectares
Population 1,158
Male Population 618
Female Population 540
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Tighara compares

By the 2011 count Tighara is the 46th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 162.94 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Tighara

Tighara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tighara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Tighara from other places

Tighara lies about 32 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Khutaha, about 12 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 Tighara
Nearest railway station Khutaha 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Unchahara 32 km
District headquarters Satna 32 km

Villages closest to Tighara

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 Tighara

As per the Census of India 2011, Tighara village had a population of 1,158. That makes it the 46th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Tighara village has 618 males and 540 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tighara has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Tighara covers 162.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Tighara is Khutaha, about 12 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 village for Tighara.

Tighara is about 32 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tighara is in Unchahara tehsil of Satna district. Khutaha is about 12 km away. Unchahara is about 32 km away. Satna is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hardua Khurd (under 2 km), Basaha (8.4 km) and Imarti (8.7 km).

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

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