About Gorkha Village

Gorkha is a mid sized village in Begamganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 541, made up of 291 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 332.4 hectares hectares.

Gorkha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorkha village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Begamganj
Area (hectares)	332.4 hectares
Population	541
Male Population	291
Female Population	250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
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 Gorkha compares

By the 2011 count Gorkha is the 84th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 332.4 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Gorkha

Gorkha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gorkha 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gorkha from other places

Gorkha lies about 70 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Ratona, about 46 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 Gorkha
Tehsil headquarters	Begamganj	17 km
Nearest railway station	Ratona	46 km
District headquarters	Raisen	70 km

Villages closest to Gorkha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorkha village had a population of 541. That makes it the 84th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Gorkha village has 291 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorkha has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 884.

Gorkha covers 332.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gorkha falls under Begamganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gorkha is Ratona, about 46 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 10+ km distance for Gorkha.

Gorkha is about 70 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorkha is in Begamganj tehsil of Raisen district. Begamganj is about 17 km away. Ratona is about 46 km away. Raisen is about 70 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.