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About Guraiya Village

Guraiya is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,197, made up of 649 males and 548 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 793.03 hectares hectares.

Guraiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guraiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Sagar
Area (hectares) 793.03 hectares
Population 1,197
Male Population 649
Female Population 548
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 844
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Guraiya compares

By the 2011 count Guraiya is the 119th largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 793.03 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 884.

Getting to Guraiya

Guraiya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Guraiya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Guraiya from other places

Guraiya lies about 20 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Saugor Railway Station P...... 2, about 20 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 Guraiya
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 20 km
Nearest town Makronia 20 km
Nearest railway station Saugor Railway Station P...... 2 20 km

Villages closest to Guraiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guraiya village had a population of 1,197. That makes it the 119th largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Guraiya village has 649 males and 548 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guraiya has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 884.

Guraiya covers 793.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Guraiya falls under Sagar tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Guraiya is Saugor Railway Station P...... 2, about 20 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Guraiya.

Guraiya is about 20 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guraiya is in Sagar tehsil of Sagar district. Sagar is about 20 km away. Makronia is about 20 km away. Saugor Railway Station P...... 2 is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nitarri (2.3 km), Bhilaiya (2.6 km) and Samnapur (2.8 km).

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

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