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About Gothana Village

Gothana is a mid sized village in Chicholi tehsil, in the district of Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,978, made up of 988 males and 990 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 992.4 hectares hectares.

Gothana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gothana village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Betul
Tehsil Chicholi
Area (hectares) 992.4 hectares
Population 1,978
Male Population 988
Female Population 990
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
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 Gothana compares

By the 2011 count Gothana is the 10th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 981 residents. Its 992.4 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Gothana

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

Gothana lies about 34 km from Betul, and the nearest railway station is Maramjhiri, about 31 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 Gothana
Tehsil headquarters Chicholi 7.5 km
Nearest railway station Maramjhiri 31 km
District headquarters Betul 34 km
Nearest town Betūl 34 km

Villages closest to Gothana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gothana village had a population of 1,978. That makes it the 10th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 981 residents.

Gothana village has 988 males and 990 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gothana has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 980.

Gothana covers 992.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gothana falls under Chicholi tehsil of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gothana is Maramjhiri, about 31 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 Gothana.

Gothana is about 34 km from Betul in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gothana is in Chicholi tehsil of Betul district. Chicholi is about 7.5 km away. Maramjhiri is about 31 km away. Betul is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jamli (2.1 km), Alampur (2.5 km) and Dudhiya (3.3 km).

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

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