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About Guda Kalan Village

Guda Kalan is a mid sized village in Badwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,527, made up of 776 males and 751 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 409.87 hectares hectares.

Guda Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guda Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Badwara
Area (hectares) 409.87 hectares
Population 1,527
Male Population 776
Female Population 751
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 968
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Guda Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Guda Kalan is the 19th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 993 residents. Its 409.87 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Guda Kalan

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

How far is Guda Kalan from other places

Guda Kalan lies about 29 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Salhana, about 6.0 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 Guda Kalan
Nearest railway station Salhana 6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Badwara 29 km
District headquarters Katni 29 km
Nearest town Murwāra 29 km

Villages closest to Guda Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Badwara 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 Guda Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Guda Kalan village had a population of 1,527. That makes it the 19th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 993 residents.

Guda Kalan village has 776 males and 751 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guda Kalan has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

Guda Kalan covers 409.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Guda Kalan falls under Badwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Guda Kalan is Salhana, about 6.0 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 10+ km distance for Guda Kalan.

Guda Kalan is about 29 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guda Kalan is in Badwara tehsil of Katni district. Salhana is about 6.0 km away. Badwara is about 29 km away. Katni is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhalwara (2.1 km), Bamhori (2.5 km) and Sandhi (2.9 km).

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

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