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About Diwara Village

Diwara is a small village in Ghansaur tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 432, made up of 233 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 438.68 hectares hectares.

Diwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Diwara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Ghansaur
Area (hectares) 438.68 hectares
Population 432
Male Population 233
Female Population 199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Diwara compares

By the 2011 count Diwara is the 136th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 593 residents. Its 438.68 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, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Diwara

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

Diwara lies about 87 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Shikara, about 4.4 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 Diwara
Nearest railway station Shikara 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghansaur 16 km
Nearest town Jabalpur 41 km
District headquarters Seoni 87 km

Villages closest to Diwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Diwara village had a population of 432. That makes it the 136th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 593 residents.

Diwara village has 233 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Diwara has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Diwara covers 438.68 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.

Diwara falls under Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Diwara is Shikara, about 4.4 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 village for Diwara.

Diwara is about 87 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Diwara is in Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district. Shikara is about 4.4 km away. Ghansaur is about 16 km away. Jabalpur is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Diwari (under 2 km), Jamhodi Kalan (2.1 km) and Jamhodi Khurd (2.1 km).

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

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