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About Laygavhan Village

Laygavhan is a mid sized village in Digras tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 607, made up of 319 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 297 hectares hectares.

Laygavhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laygavhan village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Digras
Area (hectares) 297 hectares
Population 607
Male Population 319
Female Population 288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 903
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Laygavhan compares

By the 2011 count Laygavhan is the 60th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,423 residents. Its 297 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Laygavhan

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

Laygavhan lies about 52 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Darwha Motibag, 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 Laygavhan
Tehsil headquarters Digras 8.0 km
Nearest railway station Darwha Motibag 19 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 52 km

Villages closest to Laygavhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Laygavhan village had a population of 607. That makes it the 60th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,423 residents.

Laygavhan village has 319 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laygavhan has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 936.

Laygavhan covers 297 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Laygavhan falls under Digras tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Laygavhan is Darwha Motibag, 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 Laygavhan.

Laygavhan is about 52 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Laygavhan is in Digras tehsil of Yavatmal district. Digras is about 8.0 km away. Darwha Motibag is about 19 km away. Yavatmal is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mandwa (under 2 km), Bori (2.1 km) and Lingi (2.4 km).

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

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