About Gajanda Village

Gajanda is a small village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 274, made up of 146 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.86 hectares hectares.

Gajanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajanda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Silwani
Area (hectares)	46.86 hectares
Population	274
Male Population	146
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
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 Gajanda compares

By the 2011 count Gajanda is the 162nd largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 46.86 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Gajanda

Gajanda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gajanda 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gajanda from other places

Gajanda lies about 51 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Sorai, about 53 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 Gajanda
Tehsil headquarters	Silwani	17 km
Nearest town	Bareli	30 km
District headquarters	Raisen	51 km
Nearest railway station	Sorai	53 km

Villages closest to Gajanda

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 Gajanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajanda village had a population of 274. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Gajanda village has 146 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajanda has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Gajanda covers 46.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gajanda is Sorai, about 53 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gajanda.

Gajanda is about 51 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajanda is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district. Silwani is about 17 km away. Bareli is about 30 km away. Raisen is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.