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About Gunai Village

Gunai is a mid sized village in Khairlanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,129, made up of 548 males and 581 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 367.13 hectares hectares.

Gunai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Khairlanji
Area (hectares) 367.13 hectares
Population 1,129
Male Population 548
Female Population 581
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,060
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 Gunai compares

By the 2011 count Gunai is the 58th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents. Its 367.13 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Gunai

Gunai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gunai 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 Gunai from other places

Gunai lies about 29 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Gangajhari, about 16 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 Gunai
Tehsil headquarters Khairlanji 7.8 km
Nearest railway station Gangajhari 16 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 20 km
District headquarters Balaghat 29 km

Villages closest to Gunai

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 Gunai

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunai village had a population of 1,129. That makes it the 58th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents.

Gunai village has 548 males and 581 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunai has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1028.

Gunai covers 367.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gunai is Gangajhari, about 16 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 Gunai.

Gunai is about 29 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunai is in Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Khairlanji is about 7.8 km away. Gangajhari is about 16 km away. Wārāseonī is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Atri (1.6 km), Chutiya (1.9 km) and Ghoti (2.5 km).

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

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