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About Ghunaur Village

Ghunaur is a mid sized village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,369, made up of 696 males and 673 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 714.33 hectares hectares.

Ghunaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghunaur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares) 714.33 hectares
Population 1,369
Male Population 696
Female Population 673
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 967
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghunaur compares

By the 2011 count Ghunaur is the 48th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 714.33 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Ghunaur

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

Ghunaur lies about 14 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Patwara, about 9.8 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 Ghunaur
Nearest railway station Patwara 9.8 km
District headquarters Katni 14 km
Nearest town Murwāra 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Vijayraghavgarh 14 km

Villages closest to Ghunaur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghunaur village had a population of 1,369. That makes it the 48th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Ghunaur village has 696 males and 673 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghunaur has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 955.

Ghunaur covers 714.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghunaur falls under Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghunaur is Patwara, about 9.8 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 village for Ghunaur.

Ghunaur is about 14 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghunaur is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Patwara is about 9.8 km away. Katni is about 14 km away. Murwāra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghunsur (under 2 km), Bhaiswahi (2.0 km) and Kursi Kola (2.7 km).

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

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