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About Giloha Village

Giloha is a mid sized village in Laundi tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,680, made up of 886 males and 794 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 641.46 hectares hectares.

Giloha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giloha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Laundi
Area (hectares) 641.46 hectares
Population 1,680
Male Population 886
Female Population 794
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Giloha compares

By the 2011 count Giloha is the 15th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,278 residents. Its 641.46 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 871.

Getting to Giloha

Giloha is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Giloha 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Giloha from other places

Giloha lies about 36 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Raghouli, about 2.9 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 Giloha
Nearest railway station Raghouli 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Laundi 13 km
Nearest town Lauri 13 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 36 km

Villages closest to Giloha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Giloha village had a population of 1,680. That makes it the 15th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,278 residents.

Giloha village has 886 males and 794 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giloha has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 871.

Giloha covers 641.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Giloha falls under Laundi tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Giloha is Raghouli, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Giloha.

Giloha is about 36 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giloha is in Laundi tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Raghouli is about 2.9 km away. Laundi is about 13 km away. Lauri is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barohan (2.3 km), Ragouli (2.6 km) and Sahapura (2.7 km).

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

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