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About Gahlawan Village

Gahlawan is a mid sized village in Udaipura tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,146, made up of 618 males and 528 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 572.94 hectares hectares.

Gahlawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gahlawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Udaipura
Area (hectares) 572.94 hectares
Population 1,146
Male Population 618
Female Population 528
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gahlawan compares

By the 2011 count Gahlawan is the 38th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 900 residents. Its 572.94 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 911.

Getting to Gahlawan

Gahlawan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gahlawan 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gahlawan from other places

Gahlawan lies about 101 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Gadarwara, about 22 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 Gahlawan
Nearest town Gādarwāra 19 km
Nearest railway station Gadarwara 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Udaipura 23 km
District headquarters Raisen 101 km

Villages closest to Gahlawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gahlawan village had a population of 1,146. That makes it the 38th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 900 residents.

Gahlawan village has 618 males and 528 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahlawan has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Gahlawan covers 572.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gahlawan falls under Udaipura tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gahlawan is Gadarwara, about 22 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gahlawan.

Gahlawan is about 101 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gahlawan is in Udaipura tehsil of Raisen district. Gādarwāra is about 19 km away. Gadarwara is about 22 km away. Udaipura is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Padrai Kalan (2.2 km), Timrawan (3.2 km) and Sadrai (3.4 km).

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

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