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About Shahwajpura Village

Shahwajpura is a small village in Ashta tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 104, made up of 55 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.33 hectares hectares.

Shahwajpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahwajpura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Ashta
Area (hectares) 103.33 hectares
Population 104
Male Population 55
Female Population 49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shahwajpura compares

By the 2011 count Shahwajpura is the 176th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents. Its 103.33 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, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Shahwajpura

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

Shahwajpura lies about 40 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Jabri, about 33 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 Shahwajpura
Tehsil headquarters Ashta 2.2 km
Nearest railway station Jabri 33 km
District headquarters Sehore 40 km

Villages closest to Shahwajpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahwajpura village had a population of 104. That makes it the 176th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents.

Shahwajpura village has 55 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahwajpura has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Shahwajpura covers 103.33 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.

Shahwajpura falls under Ashta tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shahwajpura is Jabri, about 33 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Shahwajpura.

Shahwajpura is about 40 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahwajpura is in Ashta tehsil of Sehore district. Ashta is about 2.2 km away. Jabri is about 33 km away. Sehore is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Fatehpur (under 2 km), Kilerama (under 2 km) and Muradpura (1.6 km).

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

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