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About Gokanya Kund Village

Gokanya Kund is a mid sized village in Mhow tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 510, made up of 244 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 542.43 hectares hectares.

Gokanya Kund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gokanya Kund village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Indore
Tehsil Mhow
Area (hectares) 542.43 hectares
Population 510
Male Population 244
Female Population 266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,090
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gokanya Kund compares

By the 2011 count Gokanya Kund is the 114th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents. Its 542.43 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Gokanya Kund

Gokanya Kund is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gokanya Kund as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Gokanya Kund from other places

Gokanya Kund lies about 18 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Kalakund, about 12 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 Gokanya Kund
Nearest railway station Kalakund 12 km
Nearest town Rāvu 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Mhow 15 km
District headquarters Indore 18 km

Villages closest to Gokanya Kund

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mhow 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 Gokanya Kund

As per the Census of India 2011, Gokanya Kund village had a population of 510. That makes it the 114th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents.

Gokanya Kund village has 244 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gokanya Kund has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Gokanya Kund covers 542.43 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.

Gokanya Kund falls under Mhow tehsil of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gokanya Kund is Kalakund, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gokanya Kund.

Gokanya Kund is about 18 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gokanya Kund is in Mhow tehsil of Indore district. Kalakund is about 12 km away. Rāvu is about 12 km away. Mhow is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gokanya (under 2 km), Shivnagar (2.0 km) and Joshi Guradiya (2.5 km).

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

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