About Gurji Kalan Village

Gurji Kalan is a large village in Rithi tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,693, made up of 1,215 males and 1,478 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,216 females per 1000 males. The village covers 501.48 hectares hectares.

Gurji Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurji Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Rithi
Area (hectares)	501.48 hectares
Population	2,693
Male Population	1,215
Female Population	1,478
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,216
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 Gurji Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Gurji Kalan is the 7th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 501.48 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Gurji Kalan

Gurji Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gurji Kalan 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 Gurji Kalan from other places

Gurji Kalan lies about 41 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Salaia, about 5.0 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 Gurji Kalan
Nearest railway station	Salaia	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rithi	15 km
District headquarters	Katni	41 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	41 km

Villages closest to Gurji Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurji Kalan village had a population of 2,693. That makes it the 7th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Gurji Kalan village has 1,215 males and 1,478 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurji Kalan has about 1216 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

Gurji Kalan covers 501.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurji Kalan falls under Rithi tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gurji Kalan is Salaia, about 5.0 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 Gurji Kalan.

Gurji Kalan is about 41 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurji Kalan is in Rithi tehsil of Katni district. Salaia is about 5.0 km away. Rithi is about 15 km away. Katni is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.