About Gondi Shankar Village

Gondi Shankar is a mid sized village in Jaora tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,803, made up of 974 males and 829 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 733.11 hectares hectares.

Gondi Shankar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gondi Shankar village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ratlam
Tehsil	Jaora
Area (hectares)	733.11 hectares
Population	1,803
Male Population	974
Female Population	829
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gondi Shankar compares

By the 2011 count Gondi Shankar is the 24th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,105 residents. Its 733.11 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 962.

Getting to Gondi Shankar

Gondi Shankar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gondi Shankar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gondi Shankar from other places

Gondi Shankar lies about 54 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Dhodhar, about 15 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 Gondi Shankar
Nearest railway station	Dhodhar	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaora	20 km
District headquarters	Ratlam	54 km

Villages closest to Gondi Shankar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaora 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 Gondi Shankar

As per the Census of India 2011, Gondi Shankar village had a population of 1,803. That makes it the 24th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,105 residents.

Gondi Shankar village has 974 males and 829 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gondi Shankar has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Gondi Shankar covers 733.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gondi Shankar falls under Jaora tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gondi Shankar is Dhodhar, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gondi Shankar.

Gondi Shankar is about 54 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gondi Shankar is in Jaora tehsil of Ratlam district. Dhodhar is about 15 km away. Jaora is about 20 km away. Ratlam is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.