About Goraj Village

Goraj is a small village in Maregaon tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 455, made up of 237 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 461.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 445303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goraj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goraj village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Yavatmal
Tehsil	Maregaon
Pincode	445303
Area (hectares)	461.49 hectares
Population	455
Male Population	237
Female Population	218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Goraj compares

By the 2011 count Goraj is the 64th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 755 residents. Its 461.49 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Goraj

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

Goraj lies about 86 km from Yavatmal. 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 Goraj
Nearest town	Warora	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maregaon	17 km
District headquarters	Yavatmal	86 km

Villages closest to Goraj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goraj village had a population of 455. That makes it the 64th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 755 residents.

Goraj village has 237 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goraj has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Goraj is 445303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goraj covers 461.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Goraj falls under Maregaon tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Goraj notes the nearest railway station 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 Goraj.

Goraj is about 86 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goraj is in Maregaon tehsil of Yavatmal district. Warora is about 8.1 km away. Maregaon is about 17 km away. Yavatmal is about 86 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.