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About Gorre Village

Gorre is a mid sized village in Salekasa tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,480, made up of 720 males and 760 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 519.02 hectares hectares.

Gorre Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorre village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Gondiya
Tehsil Salekasa
Area (hectares) 519.02 hectares
Population 1,480
Male Population 720
Female Population 760
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,056
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gorre compares

By the 2011 count Gorre is the 16th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 519.02 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Gorre

Gorre is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gorre 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gorre from other places

Gorre lies about 38 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Salekasa, about 4.4 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 Gorre
Nearest railway station Salekasa 4.4 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 28 km
District headquarters Gondiya 38 km

Villages closest to Gorre

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorre village had a population of 1,480. That makes it the 16th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents.

Gorre village has 720 males and 760 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorre has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Gorre covers 519.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gorre falls under Salekasa tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gorre is Salekasa, about 4.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gorre.

Gorre is about 38 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorre is in Salekasa tehsil of Gondiya district. Salekasa is about 4.4 km away. Dongargarh is about 28 km away. Gondiya is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Marka Khanda (1.6 km), Tirkhedi (2.1 km) and Managad (2.3 km).

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

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