About Gajapur Village

Gajapur is a mid sized village in Itarsi tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,419, made up of 750 males and 669 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 917.04 hectares hectares.

Gajapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajapur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Hoshangabad
Tehsil	Itarsi
Area (hectares)	917.04 hectares
Population	1,419
Male Population	750
Female Population	669
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gajapur compares

By the 2011 count Gajapur is the 28th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents. Its 917.04 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 939.

Getting to Gajapur

Gajapur 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 Gajapur 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 within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gajapur from other places

Gajapur lies about 23 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Gurra, about 4.3 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 Gajapur
Nearest railway station	Gurra	4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Itarsi	15 km
Nearest town	Itārsi	15 km
District headquarters	Hoshangabad	23 km

Villages closest to Gajapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajapur village had a population of 1,419. That makes it the 28th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents.

Gajapur village has 750 males and 669 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajapur has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Gajapur covers 917.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gajapur falls under Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gajapur is Gurra, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Gajapur 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.

Gajapur is in Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Gurra is about 4.3 km away. Itarsi is about 15 km away. Itārsi is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.