About Sherwa Village

Sherwa is a mid sized village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,217, made up of 642 males and 575 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 508.13 hectares hectares.

Sherwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherwa village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Singrauli
Tehsil	Chitrangi
Area (hectares)	508.13 hectares
Population	1,217
Male Population	642
Female Population	575
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sherwa compares

By the 2011 count Sherwa is the 95th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 508.13 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Sherwa

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

Sherwa lies about 36 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Gondwali, 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 Sherwa
Tehsil headquarters	Chitrangi	7.6 km
Nearest railway station	Gondwali	27 km
District headquarters	Singrauli	36 km

Villages closest to Sherwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sherwa village had a population of 1,217. That makes it the 95th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Sherwa village has 642 males and 575 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherwa has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Sherwa covers 508.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sherwa falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sherwa is Gondwali, about 27 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 village for Sherwa.

Sherwa is about 36 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherwa is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Chitrangi is about 7.6 km away. Gondwali is about 27 km away. Singrauli is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.