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About Gajgota Village

Gajgota is a large village in Dahi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,243, made up of 2,183 males and 2,060 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1317.61 hectares hectares.

Gajgota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajgota village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Dahi
Area (hectares) 1317.61 hectares
Population 4,243
Male Population 2,183
Female Population 2,060
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Gajgota compares

By the 2011 count Gajgota is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents. Its 1317.61 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Gajgota

Gajgota 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 Gajgota as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gajgota from other places

Gajgota lies about 87 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Khandala, about 25 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 Gajgota
Tehsil headquarters Dahi 5.6 km
Nearest town Kukshi 17 km
Nearest railway station Khandala 25 km
District headquarters Dhar 87 km

Villages closest to Gajgota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajgota village had a population of 4,243. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents.

Gajgota village has 2,183 males and 2,060 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajgota has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Gajgota covers 1317.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gajgota falls under Dahi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gajgota is Khandala, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gajgota.

Gajgota is about 87 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajgota is in Dahi tehsil of Dhar district. Dahi is about 5.6 km away. Kukshi is about 17 km away. Khandala is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kankriya (under 2 km), Rangaon (3.0 km) and Narjhali (3.0 km).

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

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