About Gulwada Village

Gulwada is a mid sized village in Begamganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,488, made up of 806 males and 682 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 585.68 hectares hectares.

Gulwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gulwada village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Begamganj
Area (hectares)	585.68 hectares
Population	1,488
Male Population	806
Female Population	682
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	846
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gulwada compares

By the 2011 count Gulwada is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 585.68 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Gulwada

Gulwada is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gulwada as Available within village. 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 Gulwada from other places

Gulwada lies about 88 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Ratona, about 42 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 Gulwada
Tehsil headquarters	Begamganj	33 km
Nearest railway station	Ratona	42 km
District headquarters	Raisen	88 km

Villages closest to Gulwada

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 Gulwada

As per the Census of India 2011, Gulwada village had a population of 1,488. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Gulwada village has 806 males and 682 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gulwada has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 884.

Gulwada covers 585.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gulwada is Ratona, about 42 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gulwada.

Gulwada is about 88 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gulwada is in Begamganj tehsil of Raisen district. Begamganj is about 33 km away. Ratona is about 42 km away. Raisen is about 88 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.