# Gourkalan Village, Bhind, Bhind (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Bhind, Bhind 

# Gourkalan

Gourkalan is a village in Bhind sub-district of Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **865 people in 132 households**, the 112th largest of 171 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.2%.

- 865people (2011)
- 132households
- 66.0%literacy
- 620females per 1,000 males

## Gourkalan PIN code and other codes

Gourkalan falls in Bhind sub-district, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockAter
- Census village code452872

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

## How far is Gourkalan from nearby towns?

- Bhind (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Bhind (district HQ)22 km by road
- Bhind (nearest town)22 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 Gourkalan?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Gourkalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Gwalior
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gwalior
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Gourkalan known for?

About 81% of the 197 hectares of village land is sown, and 105 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 Gourkalan

Of every 100 households in Gourkalan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gourkalan · ■ Bhind rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****35%**

**30%

Television ****2%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gourkalan?

■ Gourkalan · ■ Bhind rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**76.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****620**

**835

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****485**

**856

Working population ****36.5%**

**30.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 49.0% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 139 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 151 (48%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 12 (4%) · **■** Marginal 13 (4%)

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 Bhind

- Akaha898 people
- Amlheda892 people
- Kushmar878 people
- Jajepura874 people
- Chhunchhari861 people
- Samanna859 people
- Peeladanda856 people
- Kiti851 people

[All 179 villages in Bhind](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/bhind/bhind/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gourkalan from Bhind?22 km by road
- What is the population of Gourkalan?865 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gourkalan in?Bhind district (Bhind sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gourkalan?66.0% (Census 2011)