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About Gundha Tanka Village

Gundha Tanka is a small village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 489, made up of 270 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 713 hectares hectares.

Gundha Tanka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gundha Tanka village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Mungaoli
Area (hectares) 713 hectares
Population 489
Male Population 270
Female Population 219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 811
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gundha Tanka compares

By the 2011 count Gundha Tanka is the 147th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 713 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Gundha Tanka

Gundha Tanka is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gundha Tanka as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gundha Tanka from other places

Gundha Tanka lies about 46 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Guneru Bamori, about 14 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 Gundha Tanka
Nearest railway station Guneru Bamori 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Mungaoli 16 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 46 km

Villages closest to Gundha Tanka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mungaoli 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 Gundha Tanka

As per the Census of India 2011, Gundha Tanka village had a population of 489. That makes it the 147th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Gundha Tanka village has 270 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gundha Tanka has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Gundha Tanka covers 713 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gundha Tanka falls under Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gundha Tanka is Guneru Bamori, about 14 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gundha Tanka.

Gundha Tanka is about 46 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gundha Tanka is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Guneru Bamori is about 14 km away. Mungaoli is about 16 km away. Ashoknagar is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dewarchhi (1.6 km), Bajawan (2.6 km) and Pali (3.0 km).

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

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