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About Gunjhir Village

Gunjhir is a small village in Unchahara tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 136, made up of 71 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 466.34 hectares hectares.

Gunjhir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunjhir village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Unchahara
Area (hectares) 466.34 hectares
Population 136
Male Population 71
Female Population 65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 915
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gunjhir compares

By the 2011 count Gunjhir is the 175th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 466.34 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Gunjhir

Gunjhir is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gunjhir as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gunjhir from other places

Gunjhir lies about 17 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Lagargawan, about 12 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 Gunjhir
Nearest railway station Lagargawan 12 km
Nearest town Nāgod 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Unchahara 17 km
District headquarters Satna 17 km

Villages closest to Gunjhir

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunjhir village had a population of 136. That makes it the 175th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Gunjhir village has 71 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunjhir has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Gunjhir covers 466.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gunjhir falls under Unchahara tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gunjhir is Lagargawan, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gunjhir.

Gunjhir is about 17 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunjhir is in Unchahara tehsil of Satna district. Lagargawan is about 12 km away. Nāgod is about 15 km away. Unchahara is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manikpur (2.3 km), Shyamnagar (4.0 km) and Jhiriya (4.1 km).

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

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