About Gaulkhed Village

Gaulkhed is a small village in Jalgaon tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 277, made up of 140 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.76 hectares hectares.

Gaulkhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaulkhed village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Jalgaon
Area (hectares)	224.76 hectares
Population	277
Male Population	140
Female Population	137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaulkhed compares

By the 2011 count Gaulkhed is the 84th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 224.76 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Gaulkhed

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

Gaulkhed lies about 67 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Duskheda, about 4.1 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 Gaulkhed
Nearest railway station	Duskheda	4.1 km
Nearest town	Varangaon	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jalgaon	33 km
District headquarters	Buldana	67 km

Villages closest to Gaulkhed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaulkhed village had a population of 277. That makes it the 84th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Gaulkhed village has 140 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaulkhed has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 952.

Gaulkhed covers 224.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gaulkhed falls under Jalgaon tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gaulkhed is Duskheda, about 4.1 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 Gaulkhed.

Gaulkhed is about 67 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaulkhed is in Jalgaon tehsil of Buldana district. Duskheda is about 4.1 km away. Varangaon is about 6.1 km away. Jalgaon is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.