About Goraiya Village

Goraiya is a large village in Maihar tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,306, made up of 1,196 males and 1,110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 776.86 hectares hectares.

Goraiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goraiya village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Satna
Tehsil	Maihar
Area (hectares)	776.86 hectares
Population	2,306
Male Population	1,196
Female Population	1,110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Goraiya compares

By the 2011 count Goraiya is the 33rd largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents. Its 776.86 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Goraiya

Goraiya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Goraiya 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Goraiya from other places

Goraiya lies about 48 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Maihar, about 18 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
Nearest railway station	Maihar	18 km
District headquarters	Satna	48 km

Villages closest to Goraiya

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.

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Common questions about Goraiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Goraiya village had a population of 2,306. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents.

Goraiya village has 1,196 males and 1,110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goraiya has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Goraiya covers 776.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Goraiya is Maihar, about 18 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 10+ km distance for Goraiya.

Goraiya is about 48 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goraiya is in Maihar tehsil of Satna district. Maihar is about 18 km away. Satna is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.