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About Gagantalab Village

Gagantalab is a small village in Maheshwar tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 418, made up of 204 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 664.76 hectares hectares.

Gagantalab Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gagantalab village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Khargone
Tehsil Maheshwar
Area (hectares) 664.76 hectares
Population 418
Male Population 204
Female Population 214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,049
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gagantalab compares

By the 2011 count Gagantalab is the 132nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,128 residents. Its 664.76 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Gagantalab

Gagantalab is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gagantalab as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gagantalab from other places

Gagantalab lies about 53 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Barwaha, about 20 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 Gagantalab
Nearest railway station Barwaha 20 km
Nearest town Barwāh 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Maheshwar 27 km
District headquarters Khargone 53 km

Villages closest to Gagantalab

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gagantalab village had a population of 418. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,128 residents.

Gagantalab village has 204 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gagantalab has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Gagantalab covers 664.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gagantalab falls under Maheshwar tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gagantalab is Barwaha, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gagantalab.

Gagantalab is about 53 km from Khargone in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gagantalab is in Maheshwar tehsil of Khargone district. Barwaha is about 20 km away. Barwāh is about 20 km away. Maheshwar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kodala (under 2 km), Borda (2.4 km) and Pipliya Bujurg (2.7 km).

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

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