About Gajna Village

Gajna is a mid sized village in Jawar tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 830, made up of 425 males and 405 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 502.75 hectares hectares.

Gajna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajna village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sehore
Tehsil	Jawar
Area (hectares)	502.75 hectares
Population	830
Male Population	425
Female Population	405
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	953
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gajna compares

By the 2011 count Gajna is the 43rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents. Its 502.75 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Gajna

Gajna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gajna as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Gajna from other places

Gajna lies about 57 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Kisoni, about 47 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 Gajna
Tehsil headquarters	Jawar	13 km
Nearest town	Ashta	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kisoni	47 km
District headquarters	Sehore	57 km

Villages closest to Gajna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajna village had a population of 830. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents.

Gajna village has 425 males and 405 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajna has about 953 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 952.

Gajna covers 502.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gajna falls under Jawar tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gajna is Kisoni, about 47 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gajna.

Gajna is about 57 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajna is in Jawar tehsil of Sehore district. Jawar is about 13 km away. Ashta is about 15 km away. Kisoni is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.