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About Guraiya Village

Guraiya is a mid sized village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,593, made up of 816 males and 777 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 650.94 hectares hectares.

Guraiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guraiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chhatarpur
Area (hectares) 650.94 hectares
Population 1,593
Male Population 816
Female Population 777
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 952
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Guraiya compares

By the 2011 count Guraiya is the 57th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 650.94 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Guraiya

Guraiya is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Guraiya as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Guraiya from other places

Guraiya lies about 7.7 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 3.6 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 Guraiya
Nearest railway station Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhatarpur 7.7 km

Villages closest to Guraiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guraiya village had a population of 1,593. That makes it the 57th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Guraiya village has 816 males and 777 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guraiya has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 878.

Guraiya covers 650.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Guraiya falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Guraiya is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 3.6 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Guraiya.

Guraiya is about 7.7 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guraiya is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur is about 3.6 km away. Chhatarpur is about 7.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramgarh (1.7 km), Budha (2.6 km) and Moraha (2.8 km).

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

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