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About Ghoti Village

Ghoti is a large village in Khairlanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,456, made up of 2,211 males and 2,245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1064.26 hectares hectares.

Ghoti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghoti village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Khairlanji
Area (hectares) 1064.26 hectares
Population 4,456
Male Population 2,211
Female Population 2,245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghoti compares

By the 2011 count Ghoti is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents. Its 1064.26 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Ghoti

Ghoti is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghoti as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Ghoti from other places

Ghoti lies about 31 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Gangajhari, 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 Ghoti
Tehsil headquarters Khairlanji 9.2 km
Nearest railway station Gangajhari 14 km
Nearest town Gondiā 18 km
District headquarters Balaghat 31 km

Villages closest to Ghoti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghoti village had a population of 4,456. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents.

Ghoti village has 2,211 males and 2,245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghoti has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1028.

Ghoti covers 1064.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghoti falls under Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghoti is Gangajhari, 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 village for Ghoti.

Ghoti is about 31 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghoti is in Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Khairlanji is about 9.2 km away. Gangajhari is about 14 km away. Gondiā is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gunai (2.5 km), Chutiya (2.9 km) and Lawani (3.5 km).

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

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