About Gourgayn Village

Gourgayn is a mid sized village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,546, made up of 813 males and 733 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 427.55 hectares hectares.

Gourgayn Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gourgayn village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Chhatarpur
Area (hectares)	427.55 hectares
Population	1,546
Male Population	813
Female Population	733
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gourgayn compares

By the 2011 count Gourgayn is the 58th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 427.55 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Gourgayn

Gourgayn is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gourgayn as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gourgayn from other places

Gourgayn lies about 5.5 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 11 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 Gourgayn
Tehsil headquarters	Chhatarpur	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur	11 km

Villages closest to Gourgayn

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.

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Common questions about Gourgayn

As per the Census of India 2011, Gourgayn village had a population of 1,546. That makes it the 58th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Gourgayn village has 813 males and 733 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gourgayn has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 878.

Gourgayn covers 427.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gourgayn is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 11 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 village for Gourgayn.

Gourgayn is about 5.5 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gourgayn is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Chhatarpur is about 5.5 km away. Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.