Village · Babai, Hoshangabad
# Guradiyakalan

Guradiyakalan is a village in Babai sub-district of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,021 people in 200 households, the 43rd largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.
- 1,021 people (2011)
- 200 households
- 74.0% literacy
- 836 females per 1,000 males

## Guradiyakalan PIN code and other codes

Guradiyakalan falls in Babai sub-district, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Babai
- Census village code 487592

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Guradiyakalan from nearby towns?
- Babai (sub-district HQ) 12 km by road
- Hoshangabad (district HQ) 35 km by road
- Babai (nearest town) 12 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Guradiyakalan?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Guradiyakalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Secondary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Sports field In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Babai
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Babai
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bhopal
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Guradiyakalan known for?

The main crops are dhan and wheat. About 94% of the 582 hectares of village land is sown, and 543 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Guradiyakalan

Of every 100 households in Guradiyakalan in 2011, 55 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Guradiyakalan · ■ Babai rural average
- Electricity for lighting 55% 67%
- Toilet within the home 33% 29%
- No toilet (open defecation) 67% 71%
- Tap water 0% 15%
- Drinking water within premises 27% 33%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 14% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 86% 96%
- Use banking services 24% 31%
- Television 26% 27%
- Mobile phone 48% 40%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 21% 17%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 1%
- None of these assets 30% 39%
- Own their home 92% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Guradiyakalan?

■ Guradiyakalan · ■ Babai rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 74.0% 68.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 836 911
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 816 919
- Working population 46.8% 41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 66.0% for women. 55% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 171 (36%) · ■ Farm labourers 128 (27%) · ■ Household industry 18 (4%) · ■ Other work 25 (5%) · ■ Marginal 136 (28%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Babai
- Khidiya 1,076 people
- Nagwada 1,053 people
- Sukkarwada 1,041 people
- Gol 1,040 people
- Silari Kalan 1,002 people
- Majojal Pur 989 people
- Meghli 969 people
- Dondhai 941 people

All 106 villages in Babai

## Quick answers
- How far is Guradiyakalan from Hoshangabad? 35 km by road
- What is the population of Guradiyakalan? 1,021 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guradiyakalan in? Hoshangabad district (Babai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Guradiyakalan? 74.0% (Census 2011)

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