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About Gelana Village

Gelana is a mid sized village in Suwasara tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 757, made up of 399 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 730.6 hectares hectares.

Gelana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gelana village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Tehsil Suwasara
Area (hectares) 730.6 hectares
Population 757
Male Population 399
Female Population 358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gelana compares

By the 2011 count Gelana is the 39th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,029 residents. Its 730.6 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 963.

Getting to Gelana

Gelana is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gelana as Available within 10+ km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Dhanwada, Dharnyakhedi, Dhodhar and Dokarkhedi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Gelana

As per the Census of India 2011, Gelana village had a population of 757. That makes it the 39th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,029 residents.

Gelana village has 399 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gelana has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Gelana covers 730.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gelana falls under Suwasara tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Gelana notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Gelana is in Suwasara tehsil of Mandsaur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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