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About Satwa Village

Satwa is a mid sized village in Goregaon tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,065, made up of 525 males and 540 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215.81 hectares hectares.

Satwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Satwa village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Gondiya
Tehsil Goregaon
Area (hectares) 215.81 hectares
Population 1,065
Male Population 525
Female Population 540
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,029
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Satwa compares

By the 2011 count Satwa is the 48th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents. Its 215.81 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Satwa

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

Satwa lies about 8.4 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Hirdamali, about 5.8 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 Satwa
Nearest railway station Hirdamali 5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Goregaon 6.0 km
District headquarters Gondiya 8.4 km
Nearest town Gondiā 8.4 km

Villages closest to Satwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Satwa village had a population of 1,065. That makes it the 48th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents.

Satwa village has 525 males and 540 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Satwa has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Satwa covers 215.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Satwa falls under Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Satwa is Hirdamali, about 5.8 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 Satwa.

Satwa is about 8.4 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Satwa is in Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district. Hirdamali is about 5.8 km away. Goregaon is about 6.0 km away. Gondiya is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kawalewada (1.6 km), Chichgaontola (1.8 km) and Dawwa (1.9 km).

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

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