About Gaharawan Village

Gaharawan is a mid sized village in Chandla tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 544, made up of 291 males and 253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215.29 hectares hectares.

Gaharawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaharawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Chandla
Area (hectares)	215.29 hectares
Population	544
Male Population	291
Female Population	253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaharawan compares

By the 2011 count Gaharawan is the 59th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents. Its 215.29 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 863.

Getting to Gaharawan

Gaharawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gaharawan as Available within 5 - 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 Gaharawan from other places

Gaharawan lies about 64 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Raghouli, 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 Gaharawan
Tehsil headquarters	Chandla	6.7 km
Nearest town	Lauri	18 km
Nearest railway station	Raghouli	29 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	64 km

Villages closest to Gaharawan

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

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Common questions about Gaharawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaharawan village had a population of 544. That makes it the 59th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents.

Gaharawan village has 291 males and 253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaharawan has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 863.

Gaharawan covers 215.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gaharawan falls under Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gaharawan is Raghouli, about 29 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gaharawan.

Gaharawan is about 64 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaharawan is in Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Chandla is about 6.7 km away. Lauri is about 18 km away. Raghouli is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.