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About Gondiya Village

Gondiya is a mid sized village in Raghogarh tehsil, in the district of Guna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 689, made up of 388 males and 301 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 776 females per 1000 males. The village covers 759 hectares hectares.

Gondiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gondiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Guna
Tehsil Raghogarh
Area (hectares) 759 hectares
Population 689
Male Population 388
Female Population 301
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 776
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 Gondiya compares

By the 2011 count Gondiya is the 43rd largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 679 residents. Its 759 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 909.

Getting to Gondiya

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

Gondiya lies about 37 km from Guna, and the nearest railway station is Kumbhraj, about 14 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 Gondiya
Tehsil headquarters Raghogarh 13 km
Nearest town Rāghogarh 13 km
Nearest railway station Kumbhraj 14 km
District headquarters Guna 37 km

Villages closest to Gondiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gondiya village had a population of 689. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 679 residents.

Gondiya village has 388 males and 301 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gondiya has about 776 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Gondiya covers 759 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gondiya falls under Raghogarh tehsil of Guna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gondiya is Kumbhraj, about 14 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 Gondiya.

Gondiya is about 37 km from Guna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gondiya is in Raghogarh tehsil of Guna district. Raghogarh is about 13 km away. Rāghogarh is about 13 km away. Kumbhraj is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jaisalmer (under 2 km), Khajuri (under 2 km) and Kishanganj Alias Motipur (2.3 km).

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

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