About Gourkheda Village

Gourkheda is a mid sized village in Bhatkuli tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 847, made up of 424 males and 423 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 396.37 hectares hectares.

Gourkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gourkheda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Amravati
Tehsil	Bhatkuli
Area (hectares)	396.37 hectares
Population	847
Male Population	424
Female Population	423
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gourkheda compares

By the 2011 count Gourkheda is the 31st largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents. Its 396.37 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Gourkheda

Gourkheda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gourkheda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Gourkheda from other places

Gourkheda lies about 12 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Takli, about 6.6 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 Gourkheda
Tehsil headquarters	Bhatkuli	4.4 km
Nearest railway station	Takli	6.6 km
District headquarters	Amravati	12 km

Villages closest to Gourkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gourkheda village had a population of 847. That makes it the 31st largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents.

Gourkheda village has 424 males and 423 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gourkheda has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Gourkheda covers 396.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gourkheda falls under Bhatkuli tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gourkheda is Takli, about 6.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gourkheda.

Gourkheda is about 12 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gourkheda is in Bhatkuli tehsil of Amravati district. Bhatkuli is about 4.4 km away. Takli is about 6.6 km away. Amravati is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.