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About Ganera Village

Ganera is a large village in Babai tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,403, made up of 1,286 males and 1,117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 663.33 hectares hectares.

Ganera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganera village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Babai
Area (hectares) 663.33 hectares
Population 2,403
Male Population 1,286
Female Population 1,117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 869
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Ganera compares

By the 2011 count Ganera is the 10th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 663.33 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Ganera

Ganera 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 Ganera as Available within village. 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 Ganera from other places

Ganera lies about 23 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Bagratawa, about 18 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 Ganera
Tehsil headquarters Babai 9.6 km
Nearest railway station Bagratawa 18 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 23 km
Nearest town Narmadapuram 23 km

Villages closest to Ganera

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.

Common questions about Ganera

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganera village had a population of 2,403. That makes it the 10th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Ganera village has 1,286 males and 1,117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganera has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Ganera covers 663.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ganera is Bagratawa, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ganera.

Ganera is about 23 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganera is in Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Babai is about 9.6 km away. Bagratawa is about 18 km away. Hoshangabad is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khargawali (under 2 km), Bhatwadi (1.8 km) and Gondalwada (2.2 km).

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

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