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About Gunai Village

Gunai is a mid sized village in Kirnapur tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 516, made up of 265 males and 251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.09 hectares hectares.

Gunai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Kirnapur
Area (hectares) 114.09 hectares
Population 516
Male Population 265
Female Population 251
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gunai compares

By the 2011 count Gunai is the 101st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 114.09 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Gunai

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

Gunai lies about 16 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Hatta Road, about 8.0 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
Nearest railway station Hatta Road 8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Kirnapur 10 km
District headquarters Balaghat 16 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 16 km

Villages closest to Gunai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kirnapur 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 516. That makes it the 101st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Gunai village has 265 males and 251 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunai has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1024.

Gunai covers 114.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gunai is Hatta Road, about 8.0 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gunai.

Gunai is about 16 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 Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district. Hatta Road is about 8.0 km away. Kirnapur is about 10 km away. Balaghat is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Singodi (under 2 km), Dharapuri (under 2 km) and Sarad (1.6 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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