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About Ranawad Village

Ranawad is a small village in Vijaypur tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 441, made up of 236 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 347 hectares hectares.

Ranawad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranawad village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sheopur
Tehsil Vijaypur
Area (hectares) 347 hectares
Population 441
Male Population 236
Female Population 205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 869
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ranawad compares

By the 2011 count Ranawad is the 78th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 347 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 846.

Getting to Ranawad

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

Ranawad lies about 83 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Bijaipur Road, about 7.4 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 Ranawad
Nearest railway station Bijaipur Road 7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Vijaypur 9.9 km
Nearest town Sabalgarh 15 km
District headquarters Sheopur 83 km

Villages closest to Ranawad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranawad village had a population of 441. That makes it the 78th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Ranawad village has 236 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranawad has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 846.

Ranawad covers 347 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ranawad falls under Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ranawad is Bijaipur Road, about 7.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ranawad.

Ranawad is about 83 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranawad is in Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district. Bijaipur Road is about 7.4 km away. Vijaypur is about 9.9 km away. Sabalgarh is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Itawai (1.6 km), Gohara (3.2 km) and Garhi (3.2 km).

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

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