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About Maighona Village

Maighona is a mid sized village in Badarwas tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,278, made up of 662 males and 616 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 300.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 473781, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maighona Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maighona village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Badarwas
Pincode 473781
Area (hectares) 300.19 hectares
Population 1,278
Male Population 662
Female Population 616
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Maighona compares

By the 2011 count Maighona is the 41st largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 300.19 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Maighona

Maighona is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Maighona as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maighona from other places

Maighona lies about 49 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Lukwasa, about 27 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 Maighona
Nearest railway station Lukwasa 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Badarwas 28 km
Nearest town Bāmor Kalān 34 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 49 km

Villages closest to Maighona

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.

Common questions about Maighona

As per the Census of India 2011, Maighona village had a population of 1,278. That makes it the 41st largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Maighona village has 662 males and 616 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maighona has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 909.

The pincode recorded for Maighona is 473781. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maighona covers 300.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Maighona is Lukwasa, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Maighona.

Maighona is about 49 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maighona is in Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district. Lukwasa is about 27 km away. Badarwas is about 28 km away. Bāmor Kalān is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pagara (1.7 km), Bedmau (3.2 km) and Mathana (3.3 km).

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

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