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About Gerui Village

Gerui is a mid sized village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,356, made up of 646 males and 710 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,099 females per 1000 males. The village covers 414.38 hectares hectares.

Gerui Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gerui village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Singrauli
Tehsil Chitrangi
Area (hectares) 414.38 hectares
Population 1,356
Male Population 646
Female Population 710
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,099
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gerui compares

By the 2011 count Gerui is the 80th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 414.38 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Gerui

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

Gerui lies about 30 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Karaila Road Junction, 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 Gerui
Tehsil headquarters Chitrangi 5.1 km
Nearest railway station Karaila Road Junction 25 km
District headquarters Singrauli 30 km

Villages closest to Gerui

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gerui village had a population of 1,356. That makes it the 80th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Gerui village has 646 males and 710 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gerui has about 1099 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Gerui covers 414.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gerui falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gerui is Karaila Road Junction, about 25 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 Gerui.

Gerui is about 30 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gerui is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Chitrangi is about 5.1 km away. Karaila Road Junction is about 25 km away. Singrauli is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lalmati (3.0 km), Girapan (3.5 km) and Duara (3.5 km).

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

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