# Gajna Village, Ater, Bhind (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Ater, Bhind 

# Gajna

Gajna is a village in Ater sub-district of Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,858 people in 231 households**, the 22nd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.1%.

- 1,858people (2011)
- 231households
- 82.7%literacy
- 847females per 1,000 males

## Gajna PIN code and other codes

Gajna falls in Ater sub-district, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockAter
- Census village code452838

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Gajna from nearby towns?

- Ater (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Bhind (district HQ)26 km by road
- Bhind (nearest town)26 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Gajna?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Gajna; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Funf
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gwalior
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ater
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gajna known for?

The main crops are **bajra, sarsoo and wheat**. About 71% of the 791 hectares of village land is sown, and 208 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Gajna

Of every 100 households in Gajna in 2011, 3 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 98 had a mobile phone, 29 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gajna · ■ Ater rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****0%**

**30%

Television ****14%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****98%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****29%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gajna?

■ Gajna · ■ Ater rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.7%**

**77.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****847**

**849

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**847

Working population ****27.0%**

**30.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 75.1% for women. 48% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 254 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 196 (39%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 20 (4%) · **■** Marginal 24 (5%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Ater

- Khipona2,006 people
- Saura1,978 people
- Jamhora1,926 people
- Akon1,901 people
- Surpura1,842 people
- Jamsara1,833 people
- Jori Ahir1,799 people
- Pratappura1,798 people

[All 106 villages in Ater](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/bhind/ater/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gajna from Bhind?26 km by road
- What is the population of Gajna?1,858 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gajna in?Bhind district (Ater sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gajna?82.7% (Census 2011)