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About Gonchi Village

Gonchi is a mid sized village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 823, made up of 428 males and 395 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309.22 hectares hectares.

Gonchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gonchi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chhatarpur
Area (hectares) 309.22 hectares
Population 823
Male Population 428
Female Population 395
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
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 Gonchi compares

By the 2011 count Gonchi is the 97th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 309.22 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Gonchi

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

Gonchi lies about 15 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 12 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 Gonchi
Nearest railway station Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhatarpur 15 km

Villages closest to Gonchi

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 Gonchi

As per the Census of India 2011, Gonchi village had a population of 823. That makes it the 97th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Gonchi village has 428 males and 395 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gonchi has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 878.

Gonchi covers 309.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gonchi is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 12 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 Gonchi.

Gonchi is about 15 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gonchi is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur is about 12 km away. Chhatarpur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhirawal (under 2 km), Himmatpura (3.1 km) and Ikara (3.1 km).

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

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