# Guraiya Village, Chaurai, Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Chaurai, Chhindwara 

# Guraiya

Guraiya is a village in Chaurai sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **778 people in 178 households**, the 105th largest of 184 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 778people (2011)
- 178households
- 77.9%literacy
- 884females per 1,000 males

## Guraiya PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockChaurai
- Census village code494266

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?

- Chaurai (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ)39 km by road
- Chaurai Khas (nearest town)4 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?

12 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
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Churai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chhindwara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 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 Guraiya known for?

About 91% of the 325 hectares of village land is sown, and 223 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, 52 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Guraiya · ■ Chaurai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**88%

Tap water ****15%**

**33%

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

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****18%**

**36%

Television ****20%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**15%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****68%**

**46%

Own their home ****91%**

**93%

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 · ■ Chaurai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**941

Working population ****34.8%**

**48.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 69.7% for women. 59% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 149 (55%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 40 (15%) · **■** Marginal 14 (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 Chaurai

- Dutmur Mal.792 people
- Hirri791 people
- Belgaon787 people
- Keria784 people
- Deori Kalan768 people
- Khutiya767 people
- Hatora756 people
- Sitapar749 people

[All 190 villages in Chaurai](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhindwara/chaurai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Guraiya from Chhindwara?39 km by road
- What is the population of Guraiya?778 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guraiya in?Chhindwara district (Chaurai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Guraiya?77.9% (Census 2011)