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About Gailwani Village

Gailwani is a small village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 353, made up of 200 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 765 females per 1000 males. The village covers 311.38 hectares hectares.

Gailwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gailwani village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Silwani
Area (hectares) 311.38 hectares
Population 353
Male Population 200
Female Population 153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 765
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gailwani compares

By the 2011 count Gailwani is the 137th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 311.38 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 920.

Getting to Gailwani

Gailwani is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gailwani as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Dungariya Khurd, Gadarwara, Gadgawan and Gaganwada. 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 Gailwani

As per the Census of India 2011, Gailwani village had a population of 353. That makes it the 137th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Gailwani village has 200 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gailwani has about 765 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Gailwani covers 311.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gailwani falls under Silwani tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Gailwani 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 <5 km distance for Gailwani.

Gailwani 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 Gailwani today is likely to be higher.

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