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About Gunkhed Village

Gunkhed is a mid sized village in Athner tehsil, in the district of Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,173, made up of 591 males and 582 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 785.24 hectares hectares.

Gunkhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunkhed village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Betul
Tehsil Athner
Area (hectares) 785.24 hectares
Population 1,173
Male Population 591
Female Population 582
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 985
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gunkhed compares

By the 2011 count Gunkhed is the 25th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 968 residents. Its 785.24 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Gunkhed

Gunkhed 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 Gunkhed 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 within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gunkhed from other places

Gunkhed lies about 2.4 km from Athner, and the nearest railway station is Betul, about 28 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 Gunkhed
Tehsil headquarters Athner 2.4 km
Nearest railway station Betul 28 km
Nearest town Betūl 28 km

Villages closest to Gunkhed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunkhed village had a population of 1,173. That makes it the 25th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 968 residents.

Gunkhed village has 591 males and 582 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunkhed has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

Gunkhed covers 785.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gunkhed falls under Athner tehsil of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gunkhed is Betul, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Gunkhed is about 2.4 km from Athner in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunkhed is in Athner tehsil of Betul district. Athner is about 2.4 km away. Betul is about 28 km away. Betūl is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gujarmal (2.4 km), Dhamori (3.2 km) and Thani (4.1 km).

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

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