About Porgavhan Village

Porgavhan is a mid sized village in Ashti tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 831, made up of 422 males and 409 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 407.96 hectares hectares.

Porgavhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porgavhan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Wardha
Tehsil	Ashti
Area (hectares)	407.96 hectares
Population	831
Male Population	422
Female Population	409
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Porgavhan compares

By the 2011 count Porgavhan is the 28th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 888 residents. Its 407.96 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Porgavhan

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

Porgavhan lies about 73 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Hiwarkhed, about 19 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 Porgavhan
Tehsil headquarters	Ashti	6.8 km
Nearest town	Morsi	19 km
Nearest railway station	Hiwarkhed	19 km
District headquarters	Wardha	73 km

Villages closest to Porgavhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Porgavhan village had a population of 831. That makes it the 28th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 888 residents.

Porgavhan village has 422 males and 409 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porgavhan has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 903.

Porgavhan covers 407.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Porgavhan falls under Ashti tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Porgavhan is Hiwarkhed, about 19 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 Porgavhan.

Porgavhan is about 73 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porgavhan is in Ashti tehsil of Wardha district. Ashti is about 6.8 km away. Morsi is about 19 km away. Hiwarkhed is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.