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About Majhigawan Village

Majhigawan is a mid sized village in Deosar tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 959, made up of 519 males and 440 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 876.1 hectares hectares.

Majhigawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhigawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Singrauli
Tehsil Deosar
Area (hectares) 876.1 hectares
Population 959
Male Population 519
Female Population 440
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 848
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Majhigawan compares

By the 2011 count Majhigawan is the 119th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,446 residents. Its 876.1 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 960.

Getting to Majhigawan

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

Majhigawan lies about 21 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Gondwali, about 7.2 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 Majhigawan
Nearest railway station Gondwali 7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Deosar 21 km
District headquarters Singrauli 21 km

Villages closest to Majhigawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhigawan village had a population of 959. That makes it the 119th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,446 residents.

Majhigawan village has 519 males and 440 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhigawan has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Majhigawan covers 876.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Majhigawan falls under Deosar tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Majhigawan is Gondwali, about 7.2 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 Majhigawan.

Majhigawan is about 21 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhigawan is in Deosar tehsil of Singrauli district. Gondwali is about 7.2 km away. Deosar is about 21 km away. Singrauli is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parihasi (1.7 km), Ghinhagaon (2.2 km) and Pokharitola (2.4 km).

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

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