# Ahigawan Village, Sohagpur, Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Sohagpur, Shahdol 

# Ahigawan

Ahigawan is a village in Sohagpur sub-district of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **558 people in 154 households**, the 204th largest of 295 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 558people (2011)
- 154households
- 58.0%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Ahigawan PIN code and other codes

Ahigawan falls in Sohagpur sub-district, Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockSohagpur
- Census village code501505

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Ahigawan from nearby towns?

- Shahdol (sub-district HQ)27 km by road
- Shahdol (district HQ)27 km by road
- Burhar (nearest town)3 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Ahigawan?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Ahigawan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bodar
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Burhar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shahdol
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Ahigawan known for?

About 76% of the 208 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Ahigawan

Of every 100 households in Ahigawan in 2011, 53 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ahigawan · ■ Sohagpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****36%**

**67%

Television ****12%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Ahigawan?

■ Ahigawan · ■ Sohagpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.0%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**965

Working population ****43.7%**

**48.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 43.5% for women. 51% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 64 (26%) · **■** Marginal 175 (72%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sohagpur

- Kodwar Khurd570 people
- Semariha570 people
- Patori569 people
- Chormara566 people
- Koilaha558 people
- Khairbana555 people
- Katahari551 people
- Barutara543 people

[All 302 villages in Sohagpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/shahdol/sohagpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Ahigawan from Shahdol?27 km by road
- What is the population of Ahigawan?558 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ahigawan in?Shahdol district (Sohagpur sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ahigawan?58.0% (Census 2011)