About Gaitara Village

Gaitara is a mid sized village in Murwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,712, made up of 884 males and 828 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.13 hectares hectares.

Gaitara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaitara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Murwara
Area (hectares)	287.13 hectares
Population	1,712
Male Population	884
Female Population	828
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaitara compares

By the 2011 count Gaitara is the 24th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 287.13 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Gaitara

Gaitara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gaitara 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gaitara from other places

Gaitara lies about 9.3 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Madhavnagar Road, about 5.1 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 Gaitara
Nearest railway station	Madhavnagar Road	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Murwara	9.3 km
District headquarters	Katni	9.3 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	9.3 km

Villages closest to Gaitara

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 Gaitara

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaitara village had a population of 1,712. That makes it the 24th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Gaitara village has 884 males and 828 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaitara has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Gaitara covers 287.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gaitara is Madhavnagar Road, about 5.1 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 village for Gaitara.

Gaitara is about 9.3 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaitara is in Murwara tehsil of Katni district. Madhavnagar Road is about 5.1 km away. Murwara is about 9.3 km away. Katni is about 9.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.