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About Gahira Village

Gahira is a small village in Majhgawan tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 228, made up of 130 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 754 females per 1000 males. The village covers 572.79 hectares hectares.

Gahira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gahira village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Majhgawan
Area (hectares) 572.79 hectares
Population 228
Male Population 130
Female Population 98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 754
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gahira compares

By the 2011 count Gahira is the 118th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 572.79 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 915.

Getting to Gahira

The census records public bus service for Gahira 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gahira from other places

Gahira lies about 36 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Majhagawan, about 2.2 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 Gahira
Nearest railway station Majhagawan 2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Majhgawan 3.1 km
District headquarters Satna 36 km

Villages closest to Gahira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gahira village had a population of 228. That makes it the 118th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Gahira village has 130 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahira has about 754 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Gahira covers 572.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gahira falls under Majhgawan tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gahira is Majhagawan, about 2.2 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gahira.

Gahira is about 36 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gahira is in Majhgawan tehsil of Satna district. Majhagawan is about 2.2 km away. Majhgawan is about 3.1 km away. Satna is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parewa (2.3 km), Chaurehi (3.1 km) and Rampurwa (3.4 km).

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

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