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About Gunglai Village

Gunglai is a small village in Ghansaur tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 303, made up of 144 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,104 females per 1000 males. The village covers 429.34 hectares hectares.

Gunglai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunglai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Ghansaur
Area (hectares) 429.34 hectares
Population 303
Male Population 144
Female Population 159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,104
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 Gunglai compares

By the 2011 count Gunglai is the 177th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 593 residents. Its 429.34 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Gunglai

Gunglai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gunglai 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 Gunglai from other places

Gunglai lies about 67 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Nidhani, about 8.2 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 Gunglai
Nearest railway station Nidhani 8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghansaur 8.9 km
Nearest town Nainpur 28 km
District headquarters Seoni 67 km

Villages closest to Gunglai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunglai village had a population of 303. That makes it the 177th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 593 residents.

Gunglai village has 144 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunglai has about 1104 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Gunglai covers 429.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gunglai falls under Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gunglai is Nidhani, about 8.2 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 Gunglai.

Gunglai is about 67 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunglai is in Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district. Nidhani is about 8.2 km away. Ghansaur is about 8.9 km away. Nainpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deori (1.6 km), Deori Kalan (1.6 km) and Agariya Khurd (1.8 km).

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

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