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About Gumanganj Village

Gumanganj is a mid sized village in Ajaigarh tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,722, made up of 929 males and 793 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 863.12 hectares hectares.

Gumanganj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gumanganj village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Panna
Tehsil Ajaigarh
Area (hectares) 863.12 hectares
Population 1,722
Male Population 929
Female Population 793
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gumanganj compares

By the 2011 count Gumanganj is the 28th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,321 residents. Its 863.12 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 868.

Getting to Gumanganj

Gumanganj is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gumanganj 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gumanganj from other places

Gumanganj lies about 24 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Rajnagar K, about 21 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 Gumanganj
Tehsil headquarters Ajaigarh 17 km
Nearest town Khajuraho Group of Monuments 18 km
Nearest railway station Rajnagar K 21 km
District headquarters Panna 24 km

Villages closest to Gumanganj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gumanganj village had a population of 1,722. That makes it the 28th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,321 residents.

Gumanganj village has 929 males and 793 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gumanganj has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 868.

Gumanganj covers 863.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gumanganj falls under Ajaigarh tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gumanganj is Rajnagar K, about 21 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gumanganj.

Gumanganj is about 24 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gumanganj is in Ajaigarh tehsil of Panna district. Ajaigarh is about 17 km away. Khajuraho Group of Monuments is about 18 km away. Rajnagar K is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bilahi (1.6 km), Padraha (2.8 km) and Simra Kalan (3.3 km).

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

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