About Shiwani Village

Shiwani is a mid sized village in Tumsar tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 532, made up of 282 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238.97 hectares hectares.

Shiwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shiwani village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Bhandara
Tehsil	Tumsar
Area (hectares)	238.97 hectares
Population	532
Male Population	282
Female Population	250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shiwani compares

By the 2011 count Shiwani is the 100th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 238.97 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 997.

Getting to Shiwani

Shiwani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shiwani 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shiwani from other places

Shiwani lies about 25 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Tumsar Road Junction, about 2.6 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 Shiwani
Nearest railway station	Tumsar Road Junction	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tumsar	3.7 km
District headquarters	Bhandara	25 km

Villages closest to Shiwani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shiwani village had a population of 532. That makes it the 100th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Shiwani village has 282 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shiwani has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 997.

Shiwani covers 238.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shiwani falls under Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shiwani is Tumsar Road Junction, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shiwani.

Shiwani is about 25 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shiwani is in Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district. Tumsar Road Junction is about 2.6 km away. Tumsar is about 3.7 km away. Bhandara is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.