About Tighara Village

Tighara is a small village in Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 374, made up of 190 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 444701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tighara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tighara village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Amravati
Tehsil	Nandgaon Khandeshwar
Pincode	444701
Area (hectares)	352.97 hectares
Population	374
Male Population	190
Female Population	184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tighara compares

By the 2011 count Tighara is the 101st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 998 residents. Its 352.97 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Tighara

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

Tighara lies about 37 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Somthan, about 21 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 Tighara
Tehsil headquarters	Nandgaon Khandeshwar	20 km
Nearest railway station	Somthan	21 km
Nearest town	Kāranja	23 km
District headquarters	Amravati	37 km

Villages closest to Tighara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nandgaon Khandeshwar 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 Tighara

As per the Census of India 2011, Tighara village had a population of 374. That makes it the 101st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 998 residents.

Tighara village has 190 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tighara has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Tighara is 444701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tighara covers 352.97 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.

Tighara falls under Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Tighara is Somthan, about 21 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 Tighara.

Tighara is about 37 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tighara is in Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil of Amravati district. Nandgaon Khandeshwar is about 20 km away. Somthan is about 21 km away. Kāranja is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.