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About Paragarh Village

Paragarh is a mid sized village in Karera tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,037, made up of 554 males and 483 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 348.59 hectares hectares.

Paragarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paragarh village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Karera
Area (hectares) 348.59 hectares
Population 1,037
Male Population 554
Female Population 483
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Paragarh compares

By the 2011 count Paragarh is the 70th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents. Its 348.59 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 857.

Getting to Paragarh

Paragarh 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 Paragarh 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Paragarh from other places

Paragarh lies about 48 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Indergarh, about 30 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 Paragarh
Tehsil headquarters Karera 29 km
Nearest railway station Indergarh 30 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 48 km

Villages closest to Paragarh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paragarh village had a population of 1,037. That makes it the 70th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents.

Paragarh village has 554 males and 483 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paragarh has about 872 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 857.

Paragarh covers 348.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paragarh falls under Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Paragarh is Indergarh, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Paragarh.

Paragarh is about 48 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paragarh is in Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district. Karera is about 29 km away. Indergarh is about 30 km away. Shivpuri is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bansgarh (18 km), Andar (19 km) and Chhitari (19 km).

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

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