About Gajarkhed Village

Gajarkhed is a mid sized village in Mehkar tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 928, made up of 496 males and 432 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 411.8 hectares hectares.

Gajarkhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajarkhed village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Mehkar
Area (hectares)	411.8 hectares
Population	928
Male Population	496
Female Population	432
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gajarkhed compares

By the 2011 count Gajarkhed is the 85th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 411.8 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 932.

Getting to Gajarkhed

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

Gajarkhed lies about 41 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Khamgaon, about 52 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 Gajarkhed
Tehsil headquarters	Mehkar	17 km
District headquarters	Buldana	41 km
Nearest railway station	Khamgaon	52 km

Villages closest to Gajarkhed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajarkhed village had a population of 928. That makes it the 85th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Gajarkhed village has 496 males and 432 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajarkhed has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Gajarkhed covers 411.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gajarkhed falls under Mehkar tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gajarkhed is Khamgaon, about 52 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 Gajarkhed.

Gajarkhed is about 41 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajarkhed is in Mehkar tehsil of Buldana district. Mehkar is about 17 km away. Buldana is about 41 km away. Khamgaon is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.