About Gajanpur Village

Gajanpur is a small village in Babai tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 239, made up of 132 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 294 hectares hectares.

Gajanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajanpur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Hoshangabad
Tehsil	Babai
Area (hectares)	294 hectares
Population	239
Male Population	132
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	811
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gajanpur compares

By the 2011 count Gajanpur is the 96th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 294 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 915.

Getting to Gajanpur

Gajanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gajanpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gajanpur from other places

Gajanpur lies about 28 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Bagratawa, about 10 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 Gajanpur
Tehsil headquarters	Babai	7.1 km
Nearest railway station	Bagratawa	10 km
Nearest town	Sohāgpur	20 km
District headquarters	Hoshangabad	28 km

Villages closest to Gajanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajanpur village had a population of 239. That makes it the 96th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Gajanpur village has 132 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajanpur has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Gajanpur covers 294 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gajanpur falls under Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gajanpur is Bagratawa, about 10 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gajanpur.

Gajanpur is about 28 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajanpur is in Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Babai is about 7.1 km away. Bagratawa is about 10 km away. Sohāgpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.