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About Sunwai Village

Sunwai is a large village in Vijaypur tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,910, made up of 1,535 males and 1,375 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 788 hectares hectares.

Sunwai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sunwai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sheopur
Tehsil Vijaypur
Area (hectares) 788 hectares
Population 2,910
Male Population 1,535
Female Population 1,375
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sunwai compares

By the 2011 count Sunwai is the 11th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 788 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 846.

Getting to Sunwai

Sunwai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sunwai as Available within <5 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 Sunwai from other places

Sunwai lies about 82 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Bijaipur Road, about 14 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 Sunwai
Tehsil headquarters Vijaypur 3.9 km
Nearest railway station Bijaipur Road 14 km
Nearest town Sabalgarh 18 km
District headquarters Sheopur 82 km

Villages closest to Sunwai

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 Sunwai

As per the Census of India 2011, Sunwai village had a population of 2,910. That makes it the 11th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Sunwai village has 1,535 males and 1,375 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sunwai has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 846.

Sunwai covers 788 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sunwai is Bijaipur Road, about 14 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sunwai.

Sunwai is about 82 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sunwai is in Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district. Vijaypur is about 3.9 km away. Bijaipur Road is about 14 km away. Sabalgarh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhainsai (1.5 km), Bardula (1.9 km) and Khurdwara (1.9 km).

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

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