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About Gajnai Village

Gajnai is a small village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 153, made up of 68 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,250 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224 hectares hectares.

Gajnai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajnai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Silwani
Area (hectares) 224 hectares
Population 153
Male Population 68
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,250
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Gajnai compares

By the 2011 count Gajnai is the 198th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 224 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 Gajnai

The census records public bus service for Gajnai as Available within <5 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gajnai from other places

Gajnai lies about 74 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Gadarwara, about 48 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 Gajnai
Tehsil headquarters Silwani 9.6 km
Nearest town Bareli 38 km
Nearest railway station Gadarwara 48 km
District headquarters Raisen 74 km

Villages closest to Gajnai

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.

Common questions about Gajnai

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajnai village had a population of 153. That makes it the 198th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Gajnai village has 68 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajnai has about 1250 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Gajnai covers 224 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Gajnai is Gadarwara, about 48 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Gajnai is about 74 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajnai is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district. Silwani is about 9.6 km away. Bareli is about 38 km away. Gadarwara is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kachgawan (under 2 km), Sarra Kalan (under 2 km) and Gupti Hamirpur (1.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gajnai today is likely to be higher.

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