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About Gandhotri Village

Gandhotri is a small village in Bamori tehsil, in the district of Guna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 32, made up of 19 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 684 females per 1000 males. The village covers 542 hectares hectares.

Gandhotri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandhotri village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Guna
Tehsil Bamori
Area (hectares) 542 hectares
Population 32
Male Population 19
Female Population 13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 684
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 Gandhotri compares

By the 2011 count Gandhotri is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 774 residents. Its 542 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 936.

Getting to Gandhotri

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

Gandhotri lies about 50 km from Guna, and the nearest railway station is Kesholi, about 8.9 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 Gandhotri
Nearest railway station Kesholi 8.9 km
Nearest town Chhabra 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Bamori 31 km
District headquarters Guna 50 km

Villages closest to Gandhotri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandhotri village had a population of 32. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 774 residents.

Gandhotri village has 19 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandhotri has about 684 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Gandhotri covers 542 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gandhotri falls under Bamori tehsil of Guna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gandhotri is Kesholi, about 8.9 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 Gandhotri.

Gandhotri is about 50 km from Guna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandhotri is in Bamori tehsil of Guna district. Kesholi is about 8.9 km away. Chhabra is about 14 km away. Bamori is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lakhana Khedi (under 2 km), Rampuriya (2.8 km) and Mirwada (3.0 km).

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

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