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About Gorakhpurkalan Village

Gorakhpurkalan is a mid sized village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,303, made up of 678 males and 625 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1111.79 hectares hectares.

Gorakhpurkalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorakhpurkalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Seoni
Area (hectares) 1111.79 hectares
Population 1,303
Male Population 678
Female Population 625
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gorakhpurkalan compares

By the 2011 count Gorakhpurkalan is the 38th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 861 residents. Its 1111.79 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 952.

Getting to Gorakhpurkalan

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

Gorakhpurkalan lies about 22 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Bhoma, about 16 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 Gorakhpurkalan
Nearest railway station Bhoma 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Seoni 22 km

Villages closest to Gorakhpurkalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorakhpurkalan village had a population of 1,303. That makes it the 38th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 861 residents.

Gorakhpurkalan village has 678 males and 625 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorakhpurkalan has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 952.

Gorakhpurkalan covers 1111.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gorakhpurkalan falls under Seoni tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gorakhpurkalan is Bhoma, about 16 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 Gorakhpurkalan.

Gorakhpurkalan is about 22 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorakhpurkalan is in Seoni tehsil of Seoni district. Bhoma is about 16 km away. Seoni is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gorakhpurkhurd (under 2 km), Bisawadi (2.1 km) and Parasiya (2.4 km).

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

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