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About Gunjara Village

Gunjara is a small village in Mhow tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 360, made up of 194 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.07 hectares hectares.

Gunjara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunjara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Indore
Tehsil Mhow
Area (hectares) 90.07 hectares
Population 360
Male Population 194
Female Population 166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gunjara compares

By the 2011 count Gunjara is the 130th 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 90.07 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 Gunjara

Gunjara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gunjara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gunjara from other places

Gunjara lies about 26 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Kalakund, about under 2 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 Gunjara
Nearest railway station Kalakund under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Mhow 12 km
District headquarters Indore 26 km

Villages closest to Gunjara

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 Gunjara

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunjara village had a population of 360. That makes it the 130th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents.

Gunjara village has 194 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunjara has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Gunjara covers 90.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gunjara is Kalakund, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Gunjara is about 26 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunjara is in Mhow tehsil of Indore district. Kalakund is about under 2 km away. Mhow is about 12 km away. Indore is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barkheda (under 2 km), Kushalgarh (2.4 km) and Dhawadiya (2.6 km).

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

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