About Tighra Village

Tighra is a mid sized village in Barghat tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,913, made up of 951 males and 962 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 371.68 hectares hectares.

Tighra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tighra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Seoni
Tehsil	Barghat
Area (hectares)	371.68 hectares
Population	1,913
Male Population	951
Female Population	962
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tighra compares

By the 2011 count Tighra is the 28th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,370 residents. Its 371.68 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Tighra

Tighra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tighra as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 30 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Katangi, about 16 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
Tehsil headquarters	Barghat	15 km
Nearest railway station	Katangi	16 km
District headquarters	Seoni	30 km

Villages closest to Tighra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barghat 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 1,913. That makes it the 28th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,370 residents.

Tighra village has 951 males and 962 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tighra has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

Tighra covers 371.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tighra falls under Barghat tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Tighra is Katangi, about 16 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 village for Tighra.

Tighra is about 30 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tighra is in Barghat tehsil of Seoni district. Barghat is about 15 km away. Katangi is about 16 km away. Seoni is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.