About Gohawal Village

Gohawal is a large village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,012, made up of 1,051 males and 961 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 682.9 hectares hectares.

Gohawal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gohawal village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares)	682.9 hectares
Population	2,012
Male Population	1,051
Female Population	961
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gohawal compares

By the 2011 count Gohawal is the 27th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 682.9 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Gohawal

Gohawal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gohawal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Gohawal from other places

Gohawal lies about 37 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Khanna Banjari, about 12 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 Gohawal
Nearest railway station	Khanna Banjari	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vijayraghavgarh	13 km
Nearest town	Maihar	34 km
District headquarters	Katni	37 km

Villages closest to Gohawal

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.

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Common questions about Gohawal

As per the Census of India 2011, Gohawal village had a population of 2,012. That makes it the 27th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Gohawal village has 1,051 males and 961 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gohawal has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Gohawal covers 682.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gohawal is Khanna Banjari, about 12 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 10+ km distance for Gohawal.

Gohawal is about 37 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gohawal is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Khanna Banjari is about 12 km away. Vijayraghavgarh is about 13 km away. Maihar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.