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About Guna Village

Guna is a small village in Bahoriband tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 211, made up of 112 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158 hectares hectares.

Guna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guna village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Bahoriband
Area (hectares) 158 hectares
Population 211
Male Population 112
Female Population 99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Guna compares

By the 2011 count Guna is the 145th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 158 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 964.

Getting to Guna

Guna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Guna as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Guna from other places

Guna lies about 49 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Sihora Road, about 18 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 Guna
Tehsil headquarters Bahoriband 11 km
Nearest town Sihorā 16 km
Nearest railway station Sihora Road 18 km
District headquarters Katni 49 km

Villages closest to Guna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guna village had a population of 211. That makes it the 145th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Guna village has 112 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guna has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Guna covers 158 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Guna falls under Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Guna is Sihora Road, about 18 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Guna.

Guna is about 49 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guna is in Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district. Bahoriband is about 11 km away. Sihorā is about 16 km away. Sihora Road is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kachhgawan (2.0 km), Bachaiya (2.2 km) and Soma Kalan (2.4 km).

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

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