By population, Gurjai ranks #128 of 140 villages in Barghat mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gurjai is a village of 198 people in 47 households (Census 2011) in Barghat tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 128th-largest of 140 villages in Barghat tehsil. Literacy is 50%, 17 points below the tehsil average of 66% and the sex ratio is 941 women per 1,000 men. It lies 61 km from the Seoni district centre, 9 km from Kaniwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480667, served by Barghat post office; the LGD village code is 496942. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC Chhui, 7 km away. The sarpanch is sarswati Vishwakarma, and the village votes in Keolari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajneesh Harvansh Singh. The population is estimated at 233 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Tetma →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gurjai · this village | 198 | 50% | — |
| Tetma · Barghat | 858 | 54% | 2.4 km S |
| Bhatekhari · Seoni | 2,027 | 60% | 3.4 km W |
| Takhla Khurd · Barghat | 828 | 70% | 4.5 km SE |
| Takhla Khurd · Barghat | 2,097 | 53% | 4.5 km SE |
| Chutka · Seoni | 2,451 | 60% | 4.4 km NW |
| Chutka · Narayanganj | 538 | 59% | 4.4 km NW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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