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About Ghurwar Kalan Village

Ghurwar Kalan is a large village in Isagarh tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,031, made up of 1,087 males and 944 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 978 hectares hectares.

Ghurwar Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghurwar Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Isagarh
Area (hectares) 978 hectares
Population 2,031
Male Population 1,087
Female Population 944
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ghurwar Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Ghurwar Kalan is the 16th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 978 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 913.

Getting to Ghurwar Kalan

The census records public bus service for Ghurwar Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghurwar Kalan from other places

Ghurwar Kalan lies about 44 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Badarwas, about 4.7 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 Ghurwar Kalan
Nearest railway station Badarwas 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Isagarh 32 km
Nearest town Guna 43 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 44 km

Villages closest to Ghurwar Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Isagarh 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 Ghurwar Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghurwar Kalan village had a population of 2,031. That makes it the 16th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Ghurwar Kalan village has 1,087 males and 944 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghurwar Kalan has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Ghurwar Kalan covers 978 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghurwar Kalan falls under Isagarh tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghurwar Kalan is Badarwas, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Ghurwar Kalan.

Ghurwar Kalan is about 44 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghurwar Kalan is in Isagarh tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Badarwas is about 4.7 km away. Isagarh is about 32 km away. Guna is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bamooriya Munajpata (4.0 km), Rawsar Jagir (4.0 km) and Akhaighat (4.7 km).

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

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