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About Gahira Village

Gahira is a mid sized village in Sihawal tehsil, in the district of Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,192, made up of 662 males and 530 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 801 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309.18 hectares hectares.

Gahira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gahira village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sidhi
Tehsil Sihawal
Area (hectares) 309.18 hectares
Population 1,192
Male Population 662
Female Population 530
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 801
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gahira compares

By the 2011 count Gahira is the 71st largest of the 286 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 912 residents. Its 309.18 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 990.

Getting to Gahira

Gahira is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gahira as Available within 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Duara Khurd, Dudhmaniya 477, Dudhmaniya 478 and Duraon Abod. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Gahira

As per the Census of India 2011, Gahira village had a population of 1,192. That makes it the 71st largest of the 286 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 912 residents.

Gahira village has 662 males and 530 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahira has about 801 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Gahira covers 309.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gahira falls under Sihawal tehsil of Sidhi district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Gahira notes the nearest railway station 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 - 10 km distance for Gahira.

Gahira is in Sihawal tehsil of Sidhi district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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