# Guraiya Village, Amarwara, Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Amarwara, Chhindwara 

# Guraiya

Guraiya is a village in Amarwara sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **829 people in 173 households**, the 75th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 829people (2011)
- 173households
- 61.3%literacy
- 1,027females per 1,000 males

## Guraiya PIN code and other codes

Guraiya falls in Amarwara sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockAmarwara
- Census village code493918

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

## How far is Guraiya from nearby towns?

- Amarwara (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ)26 km by road
- Amarwara (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 Guraiya?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Guraiya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chhindwara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)4 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 Guraiya known for?

The main crops are **makka, soyabean and wheat**. About 72% of the 624 hectares of village land is sown, and 97 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 Guraiya

Of every 100 households in Guraiya in 2011, 41 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Guraiya · ■ Amarwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**66%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****24%**

**54%

Television ****12%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**51%

Own their home ****95%**

**94%

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 Guraiya?

■ Guraiya · ■ Amarwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1027**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****855**

**970

Working population ****48.6%**

**51.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 47.3% for women. 56% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 168 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 157 (39%) · **■** Other work 19 (5%) · **■** Marginal 59 (15%)

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 Amarwara

- Pipariya Manu842 people
- Rangpur840 people
- Bandhani834 people
- Lachhua832 people
- Chargaon812 people
- Nandanwadi811 people
- Badegaon794 people
- Bardhiya780 people

[All 150 villages in Amarwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhindwara/amarwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Guraiya from Chhindwara?26 km by road
- What is the population of Guraiya?829 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guraiya in?Chhindwara district (Amarwara sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Guraiya?61.3% (Census 2011)