About Gurakhari Village

Gurakhari is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 517, made up of 272 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264.35 hectares hectares.

Gurakhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurakhari village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	264.35 hectares
Population	517
Male Population	272
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurakhari compares

By the 2011 count Gurakhari is the 170th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 264.35 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Gurakhari

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

Gurakhari lies about 50 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 47 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 Gurakhari
Tehsil headquarters	Baihar	9.6 km
Nearest town	Malajkhand	11 km
Nearest railway station	Dhapewara	47 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	50 km

Villages closest to Gurakhari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurakhari village had a population of 517. That makes it the 170th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Gurakhari village has 272 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurakhari has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Gurakhari covers 264.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurakhari falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gurakhari is Dhapewara, about 47 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 Gurakhari.

Gurakhari is about 50 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurakhari is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Baihar is about 9.6 km away. Malajkhand is about 11 km away. Dhapewara is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.