About Gilgawan Village

Gilgawan is a small village in Kolaras tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 243 males and 192 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 790 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186.79 hectares hectares.

Gilgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gilgawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Kolaras
Area (hectares)	186.79 hectares
Population	435
Male Population	243
Female Population	192
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	790
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gilgawan compares

By the 2011 count Gilgawan is the 125th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 186.79 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Gilgawan

Gilgawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gilgawan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gilgawan from other places

Gilgawan lies about 28 km from Shivpuri. 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 Gilgawan
Tehsil headquarters	Kolaras	4.4 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	28 km

Villages closest to Gilgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gilgawan village had a population of 435. That makes it the 125th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Gilgawan village has 243 males and 192 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gilgawan has about 790 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

Gilgawan covers 186.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gilgawan falls under Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Gilgawan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gilgawan.

Gilgawan is about 28 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gilgawan is in Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district. Kolaras is about 4.4 km away. Shivpuri is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.