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About Giltora Village

Giltora is a small village in Khurai tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 339, made up of 182 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200.11 hectares hectares.

Giltora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giltora village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Khurai
Area (hectares) 200.11 hectares
Population 339
Male Population 182
Female Population 157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 863
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 Giltora compares

By the 2011 count Giltora is the 135th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 798 residents. Its 200.11 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Giltora

Giltora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Giltora 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 Giltora from other places

Giltora lies about 47 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Khurai Relway Stesan, about 12 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 Giltora
Tehsil headquarters Khurai 11 km
Nearest railway station Khurai Relway Stesan 12 km
District headquarters Sagar 47 km

Villages closest to Giltora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Giltora village had a population of 339. That makes it the 135th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 798 residents.

Giltora village has 182 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giltora has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Giltora covers 200.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Giltora falls under Khurai tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Giltora is Khurai Relway Stesan, about 12 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 Giltora.

Giltora is about 47 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giltora is in Khurai tehsil of Sagar district. Khurai is about 11 km away. Khurai Relway Stesan is about 12 km away. Sagar is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Asoli (under 2 km), Kajrai (1.7 km) and Karai (1.7 km).

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

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