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About Girahani Village

Girahani is a mid sized village in Khurai tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 930, made up of 527 males and 403 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 765 females per 1000 males. The village covers 520.7 hectares hectares.

Girahani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girahani village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Khurai
Area (hectares) 520.7 hectares
Population 930
Male Population 527
Female Population 403
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 765
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Girahani compares

By the 2011 count Girahani is the 42nd largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 798 residents. Its 520.7 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Girahani

Girahani is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Girahani as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Girahani from other places

Girahani lies about 61 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Karonda, 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 Girahani
Nearest railway station Karonda 12 km
Nearest town Etāwa 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Khurai 26 km
District headquarters Sagar 61 km

Villages closest to Girahani

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 Girahani

As per the Census of India 2011, Girahani village had a population of 930. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 798 residents.

Girahani village has 527 males and 403 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girahani has about 765 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Girahani covers 520.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Girahani is Karonda, 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Girahani.

Girahani is about 61 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Girahani is in Khurai tehsil of Sagar district. Karonda is about 12 km away. Etāwa is about 20 km away. Khurai is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bharchha (1.8 km), Biram Khedi (2.1 km) and Niwari (3.9 km).

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

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