About Gunj Village

Gunj is a mid sized village in Palam tehsil, in the district of Parbhani, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 640, made up of 326 males and 314 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.36 hectares hectares.

Gunj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunj village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Parbhani
Tehsil	Palam
Area (hectares)	337.36 hectares
Population	640
Male Population	326
Female Population	314
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gunj compares

By the 2011 count Gunj is the 60th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents. Its 337.36 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 927.

Getting to Gunj

Gunj is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gunj as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gunj from other places

Gunj lies about 38 km from Parbhani, and the nearest railway station is Chudawa, about 6.4 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 Gunj
Nearest railway station	Chudawa	6.4 km
Nearest town	Pūrna	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palam	20 km
District headquarters	Parbhani	38 km

Villages closest to Gunj

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 Gunj

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunj village had a population of 640. That makes it the 60th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents.

Gunj village has 326 males and 314 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunj has about 963 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.

Gunj covers 337.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gunj falls under Palam tehsil of Parbhani district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gunj is Chudawa, about 6.4 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gunj.

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

Gunj is in Palam tehsil of Parbhani district. Chudawa is about 6.4 km away. Pūrna is about 10 km away. Palam is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.