About Gajgawan Village

Gajgawan is a mid sized village in Kotar tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,846, made up of 957 males and 889 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 369.18 hectares hectares.

Gajgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajgawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Satna
Tehsil	Kotar
Area (hectares)	369.18 hectares
Population	1,846
Male Population	957
Female Population	889
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gajgawan compares

By the 2011 count Gajgawan is the 15th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 369.18 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Gajgawan

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

Gajgawan lies about 23 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Baghai Road, about 13 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 Gajgawan
Tehsil headquarters	Kotar	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Baghai Road	13 km
District headquarters	Satna	23 km

Villages closest to Gajgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajgawan village had a population of 1,846. That makes it the 15th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Gajgawan village has 957 males and 889 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajgawan has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Gajgawan covers 369.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gajgawan falls under Kotar tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gajgawan is Baghai Road, about 13 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 Gajgawan.

Gajgawan is about 23 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajgawan is in Kotar tehsil of Satna district. Kotar is about 6.8 km away. Baghai Road is about 13 km away. Satna is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.