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About Gurkudwaya Village

Gurkudwaya is a mid sized village in Pichhore tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,879, made up of 1,036 males and 843 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 814 females per 1000 males. The village covers 973.86 hectares hectares.

Gurkudwaya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurkudwaya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Pichhore
Area (hectares) 973.86 hectares
Population 1,879
Male Population 1,036
Female Population 843
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 814
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurkudwaya compares

By the 2011 count Gurkudwaya is the 45th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents. Its 973.86 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 877.

Getting to Gurkudwaya

Gurkudwaya is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gurkudwaya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Gurkudwaya from other places

Gurkudwaya lies about 37 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Lukwasa, about 28 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 Gurkudwaya
Nearest railway station Lukwasa 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Pichhore 33 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 37 km

Villages closest to Gurkudwaya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurkudwaya village had a population of 1,879. That makes it the 45th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents.

Gurkudwaya village has 1,036 males and 843 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurkudwaya has about 814 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 877.

Gurkudwaya covers 973.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurkudwaya falls under Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gurkudwaya is Lukwasa, about 28 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 <5 km distance for Gurkudwaya.

Gurkudwaya is about 37 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurkudwaya is in Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district. Lukwasa is about 28 km away. Pichhore is about 33 km away. Shivpuri is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kem Kheda (3.6 km), Tijarpur (5.0 km) and Luhatta (5.8 km).

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

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