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About Gaganwada Kalan Village

Gaganwada Kalan is a mid sized village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 569, made up of 281 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 545.59 hectares hectares.

Gaganwada Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaganwada Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Silwani
Area (hectares) 545.59 hectares
Population 569
Male Population 281
Female Population 288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaganwada Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Gaganwada Kalan is the 75th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 545.59 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Gaganwada Kalan

Gaganwada Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gaganwada Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Dungariya Kalan, Dungariya Khurd, Gadarwara and Gadgawan. 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 Gaganwada Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaganwada Kalan village had a population of 569. That makes it the 75th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Gaganwada Kalan village has 281 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaganwada Kalan has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Gaganwada Kalan covers 545.59 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.

Gaganwada Kalan falls under Silwani tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gaganwada Kalan.

Gaganwada Kalan is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen 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 Gaganwada Kalan today is likely to be higher.

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