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About Gulpur Village

Gulpur is a small village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 151, made up of 70 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,157 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79 hectares hectares.

Gulpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gulpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lanji
Area (hectares) 79 hectares
Population 151
Male Population 70
Female Population 81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,157
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Gulpur compares

By the 2011 count Gulpur is the 112th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 79 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Gulpur

Gulpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gulpur 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gulpur from other places

Gulpur lies about 53 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Salekasa, about 29 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 Gulpur
Tehsil headquarters Lanji 8.4 km
Nearest railway station Salekasa 29 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 41 km
District headquarters Balaghat 53 km

Villages closest to Gulpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gulpur village had a population of 151. That makes it the 112th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Gulpur village has 70 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gulpur has about 1157 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Gulpur covers 79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gulpur falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gulpur is Salekasa, about 29 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gulpur.

Gulpur is about 53 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gulpur is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lanji is about 8.4 km away. Salekasa is about 29 km away. Khairāgarh is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khandwa (under 2 km), Kadta (1.5 km) and Sarra (2.3 km).

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

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