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About Giltora Village

Giltora is a small village in Badarwas tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 271, made up of 147 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252.53 hectares hectares.

Giltora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giltora village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Badarwas
Area (hectares) 252.53 hectares
Population 271
Male Population 147
Female Population 124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 844
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Giltora compares

By the 2011 count Giltora is the 128th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 252.53 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Giltora

Giltora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Giltora 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Giltora from other places

Giltora lies about 40 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Lukwasa, about 25 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 Giltora
Nearest railway station Lukwasa 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Badarwas 31 km
Nearest town Bāmor Kalān 39 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 40 km

Villages closest to Giltora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Giltora village had a population of 271. That makes it the 128th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Giltora village has 147 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giltora has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Giltora covers 252.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Giltora falls under Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Giltora is Lukwasa, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Giltora.

Giltora is about 40 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giltora is in Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district. Lukwasa is about 25 km away. Badarwas is about 31 km away. Bāmor Kalān is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhekua (under 2 km), Negama (under 2 km) and Jariya (2.1 km).

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

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