About Gawalkheda Village

Gawalkheda is a mid sized village in Jhiranya tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 567, made up of 280 males and 287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.34 hectares hectares.

Gawalkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawalkheda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Khargone
Tehsil	Jhiranya
Area (hectares)	206.34 hectares
Population	567
Male Population	280
Female Population	287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Gawalkheda compares

By the 2011 count Gawalkheda is the 109th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,574 residents. Its 206.34 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Gawalkheda

Gawalkheda is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gawalkheda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gawalkheda from other places

Gawalkheda lies about 29 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Sanawad, about 35 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 Gawalkheda
Tehsil headquarters	Jhiranya	29 km
District headquarters	Khargone	29 km
Nearest railway station	Sanawad	35 km

Villages closest to Gawalkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawalkheda village had a population of 567. That makes it the 109th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,574 residents.

Gawalkheda village has 280 males and 287 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawalkheda has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

Gawalkheda covers 206.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gawalkheda falls under Jhiranya tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gawalkheda is Sanawad, about 35 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gawalkheda.

Gawalkheda is about 29 km from Khargone in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawalkheda is in Jhiranya tehsil of Khargone district. Jhiranya is about 29 km away. Khargone is about 29 km away. Sanawad is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.