By population, Gora Kalan ranks #3 of 111 villages in Chanderi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gora Kalan is a village of 2,301 people in 441 households (Census 2011) in Chanderi tehsil, Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 3rd-largest of 111 villages in Chanderi tehsil. Literacy is 43%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 47% and the sex ratio is 900 women per 1,000 men. It lies 51 km from the Ashoknagar district centre, 50 km from Jakhalon, the nearest town, 22 km from Dailwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 473446, served by Chanderi post office; the LGD village code is 500184. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital,Chanderi, 14 km away. The sarpanch is Kedar Lodhi, and the village votes in Mungaoli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Brajendra Singh Yadav. The population is estimated at 2,713 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gora Kalan · this village | 2,301 | 43% | — |
| Gora Kalan · Mdawara | 2,573 | 49% | 0 km N |
| Gora Kalan · Kalpi | 743 | 62% | 0 km N |
| Khaira · Chanderi | 1,532 | 54% | 2.2 km W |
| Churari · Chanderi | 1,667 | 55% | 3 km S |
| Kafar · Khaniyadhana | 2,846 | 44% | 3 km W |
| Muhari · Khaniyadhana | 5,227 | 50% | 3 km W |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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