About Sandal Village

Sandal is a small village in Badarwas tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 373, made up of 204 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 473885, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sandal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sandal village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Badarwas
Pincode	473885
Area (hectares)	247.11 hectares
Population	373
Male Population	204
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	828
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sandal compares

By the 2011 count Sandal is the 119th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 247.11 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 909.

Getting to Sandal

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

Sandal lies about 51 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Badarwas, about 8.7 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 Sandal
Nearest railway station	Badarwas	8.7 km
Nearest town	Guna	42 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	51 km

Villages closest to Sandal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sandal village had a population of 373. That makes it the 119th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Sandal village has 204 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sandal has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

The pincode recorded for Sandal is 473885. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sandal covers 247.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sandal falls under Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sandal is Badarwas, about 8.7 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 Sandal.

Sandal is about 51 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sandal is in Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district. Badarwas is about 8.7 km away. Guna is about 42 km away. Shivpuri is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.