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About Shahpur Magarda Village

Shahpur Magarda is a small village in Ashta tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 119, made up of 69 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 725 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191.8 hectares hectares.

Shahpur Magarda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahpur Magarda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Ashta
Area (hectares) 191.8 hectares
Population 119
Male Population 69
Female Population 50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 725
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shahpur Magarda compares

By the 2011 count Shahpur Magarda is the 174th 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 191.8 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 914.

Getting to Shahpur Magarda

Shahpur Magarda is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Shahpur Magarda 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shahpur Magarda from other places

Shahpur Magarda lies about 55 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Jabri, about 50 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 Shahpur Magarda
Tehsil headquarters Ashta 14 km
Nearest railway station Jabri 50 km
District headquarters Sehore 55 km

Villages closest to Shahpur Magarda

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 Shahpur Magarda

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahpur Magarda village had a population of 119. That makes it the 174th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,025 residents.

Shahpur Magarda village has 69 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahpur Magarda has about 725 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Shahpur Magarda covers 191.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shahpur Magarda falls under Ashta tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shahpur Magarda is Jabri, about 50 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Shahpur Magarda.

Shahpur Magarda is about 55 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahpur Magarda is in Ashta tehsil of Sehore district. Ashta is about 14 km away. Jabri is about 50 km away. Sehore is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Neelbad (1.5 km), Pagariya Hat (1.9 km) and Khajuriya Kasam (2.1 km).

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

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