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About Pawaya West Village

Pawaya West is a small village in Gopadbanas tehsil, in the district of Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 186, made up of 102 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 824 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159.88 hectares hectares.

Pawaya West Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pawaya West village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sidhi
Tehsil Gopadbanas
Area (hectares) 159.88 hectares
Population 186
Male Population 102
Female Population 84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 824
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pawaya West compares

By the 2011 count Pawaya West is the 183rd largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents. Its 159.88 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 943.

Getting to Pawaya West

Pawaya West is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pawaya West as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Pawaya West from other places

Pawaya West lies about 13 km from Sidhi, and the nearest railway station is Marwasgram, about 39 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 Pawaya West
Tehsil headquarters Gopadbanas 13 km
District headquarters Sidhi 13 km
Nearest railway station Marwasgram 39 km

Villages closest to Pawaya West

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gopadbanas 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 Pawaya West

As per the Census of India 2011, Pawaya West village had a population of 186. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents.

Pawaya West village has 102 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pawaya West has about 824 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Pawaya West covers 159.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pawaya West falls under Gopadbanas tehsil of Sidhi district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pawaya West is Marwasgram, about 39 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Pawaya West.

Pawaya West is about 13 km from Sidhi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pawaya West is in Gopadbanas tehsil of Sidhi district. Gopadbanas is about 13 km away. Sidhi is about 13 km away. Marwasgram is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chauphal Pawai (under 2 km), Padainiya Pawai (under 2 km) and Pawaya East (under 2 km).

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

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