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About Nitanwas Village

Nitanwas is a mid sized village in Vijaypur tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 640, made up of 350 males and 290 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 829 females per 1000 males. The village covers 810 hectares hectares.

Nitanwas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nitanwas village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sheopur
Tehsil Vijaypur
Area (hectares) 810 hectares
Population 640
Male Population 350
Female Population 290
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 829
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nitanwas compares

By the 2011 count Nitanwas is the 60th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 810 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 846.

Getting to Nitanwas

Nitanwas is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Nitanwas as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Nitanwas from other places

Nitanwas lies about 106 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Renhat, about 21 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 Nitanwas
Nearest railway station Renhat 21 km
Nearest town Kailāras 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Vijaypur 28 km
District headquarters Sheopur 106 km

Villages closest to Nitanwas

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 Nitanwas

As per the Census of India 2011, Nitanwas village had a population of 640. That makes it the 60th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Nitanwas village has 350 males and 290 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nitanwas has about 829 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 846.

Nitanwas covers 810 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Nitanwas is Renhat, about 21 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 10+ km distance for Nitanwas.

Nitanwas is about 106 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nitanwas is in Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district. Renhat is about 21 km away. Kailāras is about 26 km away. Vijaypur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhobini (5.5 km), Khurjan (7.4 km) and Patpara (7.4 km).

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

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