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About Golhai Buzurg Village

Golhai Buzurg is a mid sized village in Ghoda Dongri tehsil, in the district of Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 591, made up of 291 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 266 hectares hectares.

Golhai Buzurg Overview

Census 2011 figures for Golhai Buzurg village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Betul
Tehsil Ghoda Dongri
Area (hectares) 266 hectares
Population 591
Male Population 291
Female Population 300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Golhai Buzurg compares

By the 2011 count Golhai Buzurg is the 106th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 897 residents. Its 266 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Golhai Buzurg

Golhai Buzurg is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Golhai Buzurg as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Golhai Buzurg from other places

Golhai Buzurg lies about 33 km from Betul, and the nearest railway station is Barbatpur, about 5.4 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 Golhai Buzurg
Nearest railway station Barbatpur 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghoda Dongri 7.8 km
Nearest town Sārni 23 km
District headquarters Betul 33 km

Villages closest to Golhai Buzurg

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghoda Dongri 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 Golhai Buzurg

As per the Census of India 2011, Golhai Buzurg village had a population of 591. That makes it the 106th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 897 residents.

Golhai Buzurg village has 291 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Golhai Buzurg has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

Golhai Buzurg covers 266 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Golhai Buzurg falls under Ghoda Dongri tehsil of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Golhai Buzurg is Barbatpur, about 5.4 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 5 - 10 km distance for Golhai Buzurg.

Golhai Buzurg is about 33 km from Betul in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Golhai Buzurg is in Ghoda Dongri tehsil of Betul district. Barbatpur is about 5.4 km away. Ghoda Dongri is about 7.8 km away. Sārni is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tawakathi (1.6 km), Katasur (2.0 km) and Golhai Khurd (2.1 km).

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

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