About Sawana Village

Sawana is one of the larger villages in Mahagaon tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,875, made up of 3,625 males and 3,250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2366.76 hectares hectares.

Sawana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawana village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Yavatmal
Tehsil	Mahagaon
Area (hectares)	2366.76 hectares
Population	6,875
Male Population	3,625
Female Population	3,250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sawana compares

By the 2011 count Sawana is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,697 residents. Its 2366.76 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 939.

Getting to Sawana

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

Sawana lies about 47 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Darwha Motibag, about 24 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 Sawana
Nearest town	Digras	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mahagaon	17 km
Nearest railway station	Darwha Motibag	24 km
District headquarters	Yavatmal	47 km

Villages closest to Sawana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawana village had a population of 6,875. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,697 residents.

Sawana village has 3,625 males and 3,250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawana has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Sawana covers 2366.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sawana falls under Mahagaon tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sawana is Darwha Motibag, about 24 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 village for Sawana.

Sawana is about 47 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawana is in Mahagaon tehsil of Yavatmal district. Digras is about 8.2 km away. Mahagaon is about 17 km away. Darwha Motibag is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.