About Gatakheda Village

Gatakheda is a mid sized village in Murwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,422, made up of 714 males and 708 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 426.14 hectares hectares.

Gatakheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gatakheda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Murwara
Area (hectares)	426.14 hectares
Population	1,422
Male Population	714
Female Population	708
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gatakheda compares

By the 2011 count Gatakheda is the 34th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 426.14 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Gatakheda

Gatakheda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gatakheda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gatakheda from other places

Gatakheda lies about 7.6 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is New Katni Junction, about 2.9 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 Gatakheda
Nearest railway station	New Katni Junction	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Murwara	7.6 km
District headquarters	Katni	7.6 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	7.6 km

Villages closest to Gatakheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gatakheda village had a population of 1,422. That makes it the 34th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Gatakheda village has 714 males and 708 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gatakheda has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 954.

Gatakheda covers 426.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gatakheda falls under Murwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gatakheda is New Katni Junction, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gatakheda.

Gatakheda is about 7.6 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gatakheda is in Murwara tehsil of Katni district. New Katni Junction is about 2.9 km away. Murwara is about 7.6 km away. Katni is about 7.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.