About Gajpur Village

Gajpur is a mid sized village in Khairlanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,410, made up of 709 males and 701 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 371.33 hectares hectares.

Gajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajpur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Khairlanji
Area (hectares)	371.33 hectares
Population	1,410
Male Population	709
Female Population	701
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gajpur compares

By the 2011 count Gajpur is the 50th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents. Its 371.33 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Gajpur

Gajpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gajpur as Available within 5 - 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 Gajpur from other places

Gajpur lies about 33 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Lakhanwara, about 7.8 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 Gajpur
Nearest railway station	Lakhanwara	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khairlanji	16 km
Nearest town	Wārāseonī	17 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	33 km

Villages closest to Gajpur

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.

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Common questions about Gajpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajpur village had a population of 1,410. That makes it the 50th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents.

Gajpur village has 709 males and 701 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajpur has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1028.

Gajpur covers 371.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gajpur is Lakhanwara, about 7.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gajpur.

Gajpur is about 33 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajpur is in Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lakhanwara is about 7.8 km away. Khairlanji is about 16 km away. Wārāseonī is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.