About Gaurkheda Village

Gaurkheda is a small village in Arvi tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 472, made up of 254 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 648.73 hectares hectares.

Gaurkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaurkheda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Wardha
Tehsil	Arvi
Area (hectares)	648.73 hectares
Population	472
Male Population	254
Female Population	218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
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 Gaurkheda compares

By the 2011 count Gaurkheda is the 61st largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 724 residents. Its 648.73 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Gaurkheda

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

Gaurkheda lies about 29 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Rohna, about 4.0 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 Gaurkheda
Nearest railway station	Rohna	4.0 km
Nearest town	Pulgaon	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arvi	19 km
District headquarters	Wardha	29 km

Villages closest to Gaurkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaurkheda village had a population of 472. That makes it the 61st largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 724 residents.

Gaurkheda village has 254 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaurkheda has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

Gaurkheda covers 648.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gaurkheda falls under Arvi tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gaurkheda is Rohna, about 4.0 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 Gaurkheda.

Gaurkheda is about 29 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaurkheda is in Arvi tehsil of Wardha district. Rohna is about 4.0 km away. Pulgaon is about 17 km away. Arvi is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.