About Gulkhand Village

Gulkhand is a mid sized village in Palam tehsil, in the district of Parbhani, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,232, made up of 631 males and 601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 559.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431720, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gulkhand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gulkhand village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Parbhani
Tehsil	Palam
Pincode	431720
Area (hectares)	559.76 hectares
Population	1,232
Male Population	631
Female Population	601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gulkhand compares

By the 2011 count Gulkhand is the 30th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents. Its 559.76 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Gulkhand

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

Gulkhand lies about 32 km from Parbhani, and the nearest railway station is Mirkhal, about 18 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 Gulkhand
Tehsil headquarters	Palam	4.5 km
Nearest town	Pūrna	16 km
Nearest railway station	Mirkhal	18 km
District headquarters	Parbhani	32 km

Villages closest to Gulkhand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gulkhand village had a population of 1,232. That makes it the 30th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents.

Gulkhand village has 631 males and 601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gulkhand has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 927.

The pincode recorded for Gulkhand is 431720. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gulkhand covers 559.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gulkhand falls under Palam tehsil of Parbhani district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gulkhand is Mirkhal, about 18 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 Gulkhand.

Gulkhand is about 32 km from Parbhani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gulkhand is in Palam tehsil of Parbhani district. Palam is about 4.5 km away. Pūrna is about 16 km away. Mirkhal is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.