About Tighra Village

Tighra is a small village in Unchahara tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 353, made up of 178 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.6 hectares hectares.

Tighra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tighra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Satna
Tehsil	Unchahara
Area (hectares)	169.6 hectares
Population	353
Male Population	178
Female Population	175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tighra compares

By the 2011 count Tighra is the 125th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 169.6 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Tighra

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

Tighra 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
Nearest railway station	Satna Junction	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Unchahara	6.1 km
District headquarters	Satna	6.1 km

Villages closest to Tighra

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.

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Common questions about Tighra

As per the Census of India 2011, Tighra village had a population of 353. That makes it the 125th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Tighra village has 178 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tighra has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Tighra covers 169.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Tighra is Satna Junction, about 5.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Tighra.

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