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About Goraiya Kalan Village

Goraiya Kalan is a mid sized village in Maihar tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,240, made up of 636 males and 604 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.66 hectares hectares.

Goraiya Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goraiya Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Maihar
Area (hectares) 277.66 hectares
Population 1,240
Male Population 636
Female Population 604
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 950
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Goraiya Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Goraiya Kalan is the 99th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents. Its 277.66 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Goraiya Kalan

Goraiya Kalan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Goraiya Kalan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Goraiya Kalan from other places

Goraiya Kalan lies about 42 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Maihar, about 5.6 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 Goraiya Kalan
Nearest railway station Maihar 5.6 km
District headquarters Satna 42 km

Villages closest to Goraiya Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maihar 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 Goraiya Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Goraiya Kalan village had a population of 1,240. That makes it the 99th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents.

Goraiya Kalan village has 636 males and 604 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goraiya Kalan has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Goraiya Kalan covers 277.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goraiya Kalan falls under Maihar tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Goraiya Kalan is Maihar, about 5.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Goraiya Kalan.

Goraiya Kalan is about 42 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goraiya Kalan is in Maihar tehsil of Satna district. Maihar is about 5.6 km away. Satna is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Goraiya Khurd (under 2 km), Dhatura (1.7 km) and Mani (1.9 km).

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

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