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About Goreghat Village

Goreghat is a large village in Tirodi tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,803, made up of 1,398 males and 1,405 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 569.68 hectares hectares.

Goreghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goreghat village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Tirodi
Area (hectares) 569.68 hectares
Population 2,803
Male Population 1,398
Female Population 1,405
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Goreghat compares

By the 2011 count Goreghat is the 5th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,106 residents. Its 569.68 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Goreghat

Goreghat is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Goreghat 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Goreghat from other places

Goreghat lies about 68 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dongri Buzurg, about 12 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 Goreghat
Nearest railway station Dongri Buzurg 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Tirodi 18 km
Nearest town Tumsar 26 km
District headquarters Balaghat 68 km

Villages closest to Goreghat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goreghat village had a population of 2,803. That makes it the 5th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,106 residents.

Goreghat village has 1,398 males and 1,405 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goreghat has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1029.

Goreghat covers 569.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goreghat falls under Tirodi tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Goreghat is Dongri Buzurg, about 12 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 village for Goreghat.

Goreghat is about 68 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goreghat is in Tirodi tehsil of Balaghat district. Dongri Buzurg is about 12 km away. Tirodi is about 18 km away. Tumsar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deori Khurd (under 2 km), Chutkideori (2.7 km) and Sangrampur Hamesha (2.7 km).

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

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