About Gorkhakalan Village

Gorkhakalan is a small village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 193, made up of 108 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 787 females per 1000 males. The village covers 579.55 hectares hectares.

Gorkhakalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorkhakalan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Silwani
Area (hectares)	579.55 hectares
Population	193
Male Population	108
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	787
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 Gorkhakalan compares

By the 2011 count Gorkhakalan is the 187th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 579.55 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 Gorkhakalan

Gorkhakalan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gorkhakalan 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 Gorkhakalan from other places

Gorkhakalan lies about 76 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Salichauka Road, about 44 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 Gorkhakalan
Tehsil headquarters	Silwani	14 km
Nearest town	Bareli	36 km
Nearest railway station	Salichauka Road	44 km
District headquarters	Raisen	76 km

Villages closest to Gorkhakalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorkhakalan village had a population of 193. That makes it the 187th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Gorkhakalan village has 108 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorkhakalan has about 787 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Gorkhakalan covers 579.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Gorkhakalan is Salichauka Road, about 44 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 Gorkhakalan.

Gorkhakalan is about 76 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorkhakalan is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district. Silwani is about 14 km away. Bareli is about 36 km away. Salichauka Road is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.