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About Eriya Village

Eriya is a mid sized village in Garoth tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,125, made up of 599 males and 526 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 985.02 hectares hectares.

Eriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Eriya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Tehsil Garoth
Area (hectares) 985.02 hectares
Population 1,125
Male Population 599
Female Population 526
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Eriya compares

By the 2011 count Eriya is the 33rd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents. Its 985.02 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Eriya

Eriya 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 Eriya as Available within 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Eriya from other places

Eriya lies about 61 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Garot, about 16 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 Eriya
Tehsil headquarters Garoth 9.9 km
Nearest railway station Garot 16 km
Nearest town Shāmgarh 22 km
District headquarters Mandsaur 61 km

Villages closest to Eriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Eriya village had a population of 1,125. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents.

Eriya village has 599 males and 526 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Eriya has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

Eriya covers 985.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Eriya falls under Garoth tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Eriya is Garot, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Eriya.

Eriya is about 61 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Eriya is in Garoth tehsil of Mandsaur district. Garoth is about 9.9 km away. Garot is about 16 km away. Shāmgarh is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Narayani (2.1 km), Pipalkheda (2.6 km) and Chandrapura (3.0 km).

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

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