About Gurjai Village

Gurjai is a small village in Barghat tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 198, made up of 102 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.58 hectares hectares.

Gurjai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurjai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Seoni
Tehsil	Barghat
Area (hectares)	112.58 hectares
Population	198
Male Population	102
Female Population	96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurjai compares

By the 2011 count Gurjai is the 121st largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,370 residents. Its 112.58 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Gurjai

Gurjai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gurjai as Available within 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 Gurjai from other places

Gurjai lies about 27 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Kaniwara, about 8.9 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 Gurjai
Nearest railway station	Kaniwara	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barghat	17 km
District headquarters	Seoni	27 km

Villages closest to Gurjai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurjai village had a population of 198. That makes it the 121st largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,370 residents.

Gurjai village has 102 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurjai has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Gurjai covers 112.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurjai falls under Barghat tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gurjai is Kaniwara, about 8.9 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 village for Gurjai.

Gurjai is about 27 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurjai is in Barghat tehsil of Seoni district. Kaniwara is about 8.9 km away. Barghat is about 17 km away. Seoni is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.