About Sangwa Village

Sangwa is a mid sized village in Murtijapur tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,510, made up of 755 males and 755 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 652 hectares hectares.

Sangwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sangwa village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Akola
Tehsil	Murtijapur
Area (hectares)	652 hectares
Population	1,510
Male Population	755
Female Population	755
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sangwa compares

By the 2011 count Sangwa is the 19th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 922 residents. Its 652 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Sangwa

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

Sangwa lies about 97 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Shirala, about 10 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 Sangwa
Nearest railway station	Shirala	10 km
Nearest town	Amravati	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Murtijapur	34 km
District headquarters	Akola	97 km

Villages closest to Sangwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sangwa village had a population of 1,510. That makes it the 19th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 922 residents.

Sangwa village has 755 males and 755 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sangwa has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 931.

Sangwa covers 652 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sangwa falls under Murtijapur tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sangwa is Shirala, about 10 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sangwa.

Sangwa is about 97 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sangwa is in Murtijapur tehsil of Akola district. Shirala is about 10 km away. Amravati is about 22 km away. Murtijapur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.