About Gunja Village

Gunja is a mid sized village in Malegaon tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 820, made up of 450 males and 370 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 595 hectares hectares.

Gunja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunja village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Malegaon
Area (hectares)	595 hectares
Population	820
Male Population	450
Female Population	370
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	822
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gunja compares

By the 2011 count Gunja is the 78th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents. Its 595 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 925.

Getting to Gunja

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

Gunja lies about 14 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Kata Road, about 7.1 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 Gunja
Nearest railway station	Kata Road	7.1 km
District headquarters	Washim	14 km
Nearest town	Wāshīm	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Malegaon	15 km

Villages closest to Gunja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunja village had a population of 820. That makes it the 78th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents.

Gunja village has 450 males and 370 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunja has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Gunja covers 595 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gunja falls under Malegaon tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gunja is Kata Road, about 7.1 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 Gunja.

Gunja is about 14 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunja is in Malegaon tehsil of Washim district. Kata Road is about 7.1 km away. Washim is about 14 km away. Wāshīm is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.