About Tighra Village

Tighra is a mid sized village in Motala tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 558, made up of 284 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 383.8 hectares hectares.

Tighra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tighra village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Motala
Area (hectares)	383.8 hectares
Population	558
Male Population	284
Female Population	274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tighra compares

By the 2011 count Tighra is the 88th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,537 residents. Its 383.8 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 930.

Getting to Tighra

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

Tighra lies about 20 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Malkapur, 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 Tighra
Tehsil headquarters	Motala	3.4 km
District headquarters	Buldana	20 km
Nearest town	Buldāna	20 km
Nearest railway station	Malkapur	21 km

Villages closest to Tighra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tighra village had a population of 558. That makes it the 88th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,537 residents.

Tighra village has 284 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tighra has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 930.

Tighra covers 383.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tighra falls under Motala tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Tighra is Malkapur, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Tighra.

Tighra is about 20 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tighra is in Motala tehsil of Buldana district. Motala is about 3.4 km away. Buldana is about 20 km away. Buldāna is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.