About Gora Village

Gora is a mid sized village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,439, made up of 782 males and 657 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1241.89 hectares hectares.

Gora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gora village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Rajnagar
Area (hectares)	1241.89 hectares
Population	1,439
Male Population	782
Female Population	657
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	840
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gora compares

By the 2011 count Gora is the 61st largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents. Its 1241.89 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Gora

Gora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gora 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gora from other places

Gora lies about 30 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rajnagar K, about 3.3 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 Gora
Nearest railway station	Rajnagar K	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajnagar	3.5 km
Nearest town	Khajuraho Group of Monuments	6.0 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	30 km

Villages closest to Gora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gora village had a population of 1,439. That makes it the 61st largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents.

Gora village has 782 males and 657 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gora has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 887.

Gora covers 1241.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gora falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gora is Rajnagar K, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Gora.

Gora is about 30 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gora is in Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Rajnagar K is about 3.3 km away. Rajnagar is about 3.5 km away. Khajuraho Group of Monuments is about 6.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.