About Gokanya Village

Gokanya is a mid sized village in Mhow tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,402, made up of 750 males and 652 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 587.27 hectares hectares.

Gokanya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gokanya village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Indore
Tehsil	Mhow
Area (hectares)	587.27 hectares
Population	1,402
Male Population	750
Female Population	652
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Gokanya compares

By the 2011 count Gokanya is the 40th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents. Its 587.27 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 946.

Getting to Gokanya

Gokanya 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 Gokanya as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Gokanya from other places

Gokanya 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
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

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.

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Common questions about Gokanya

As per the Census of India 2011, Gokanya village had a population of 1,402. That makes it the 40th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents.

Gokanya village has 750 males and 652 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gokanya has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Gokanya covers 587.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gokanya is Kalakund, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Gokanya.

Gokanya 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 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.