Gaurihar Tehsil - Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh

Gaurihar is an administrative tehsil in the Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Gaurihar is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Mataundh, while the nearest airport is Khajuraho Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 46.1 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 922 km², including 889.12 km² rural area and 32.88 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 859 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Gaurihar Tehsil

Gaurihar Tehsil has a total of 162 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Abhau	Rural	Abhau
2	Ajitpur	Rural	Ajitpur
3	Alipur	Rural	Alipur
4	Atar Patha	Rural	Chitahari
5	Bachhera Khera	Rural	Hajipur
6	Badanpur	Rural	Thakurra
7	Badaura Kalan	Rural	Badaurakala
8	Bahadurpur	Rural	Bahadurpur
9	Bajrangpur	Rural	Chauhani
10	Bakhtaura	Rural	Udaypur
11	Balrampur	Rural	Balrampur
12	Banyani	Rural	Chauhani
13	Baraiya	Rural	Chitahari
14	Barband	Rural	Hajipur
15	Barha	Rural	Barha
16	Barigarh	Urban	Not applicable
17	Barikhera	Rural	Dadu Tal
18	Barua	Rural	Baruwa
19	Baruwa	Rural	Naharpur
20	Basrahi	Rural	Basrahi
21	Behanpur	Rural	Nibikhera
22	Benipur	Rural	Thakurra
23	Beri	Rural	Udaypur
24	Bhanpur	Rural	Nibikhera
25	Bhawanipur	Rural	Hatwa
26	Bijasin	Rural	Bijasin
27	Chak Aurakachhar	Rural	Kandela
28	Chak Dadutal	Rural	Dadu Tal
29	Chak Gauhani	Rural	Gauhani
30	Chak Khadeha	Rural	Khadeha
31	Chak Ramjhala	Rural	Basrahi
32	Chak Rampur	Rural	Chandwara
33	Chak Ranibag	Rural	Abhau
34	Chak Rasula No.1	Rural	Kandela
35	Chak Rasula No.2	Rural	Kandela
36	Chak Rasula No.3	Rural	Kandela
37	Chak Sarwai	Rural	Khadeha
38	Chak Shivrajpur	Rural	Basrahi
39	Chandrapura	Rural	Chandrapura
40	Chandwara	Rural	Chandwara
41	Chauhani	Rural	Chauhani
42	Chitahari	Rural	Chitahari
43	Chitahari Sani	Rural	Chitahari
44	Chukahata	Rural	Chukehata
45	Churyari	Rural	Churyari
46	Dadutal	Rural	Dadu Tal
47	Devpurwa	Rural	Silap
48	Dharampur	Rural	Ghoor
49	Dhawa	Rural	Pachwara
50	Dhawari	Rural	Dhawari
51	Dhujaura	Rural	Chandwara
52	Dhurara	Rural	Chukehata
53	Dulhadeo	Rural	Mahoi Kala
54	Gahbara	Rural	Gahbara
55	Gauhani	Rural	Gauhani
56	Gaurihar	Rural	Gaurihar
57	Ghatahari	Rural	Ghatahari
58	Ghatra	Rural	Ghatra
59	Ghoor	Rural	Ghoor
60	Ghosipur	Rural	Mahyaba
61	Ghurara	Rural	Chukehata
62	Govindpur	Rural	Singhpur
63	Goyra	Rural	Goyra
64	Gumanpur Markahar	Rural	Dadu Tal
65	Gumanpur Nayatal	Rural	Kandela
66	Hajipur	Rural	Hajipur
67	Hanukheda	Rural	Hanukheda
68	Harbanshpur	Rural	Chukehata
69	Hatwa	Rural	Hatwa
70	Hinouti	Rural	Gahbara
71	Imlahi	Rural	Dadu Tal
72	Ishwarpur	Rural	Pahra
73	Itaura	Rural	Alipur
74	Jaibaran	Rural	Sisolar
75	Jarehata Kala	Rural	Jarehta Kala
76	Jodhpur	Rural	Basrahi
77	Joga	Rural	Badaurakala
78	Judipur	Rural	Nidhauli
79	Jujharnagar	Urban	Not applicable
80	Kalyanpur	Rural	Nadauta
81	Kandela	Rural	Kandela
82	Karhari	Rural	Karhari
83	Kasar	Rural	Kasar
84	Katra	Rural	Katra
85	Kautheha	Rural	Kautheha
86	Khaddi	Rural	Khaddi
87	Khadeha	Rural	Khadeha
88	Khadehi	Rural	Kautheha
89	Khagraha	Rural	Dhawari
90	Khamin Kheda	Rural	Khamin Kheda
91	Khera	Rural	Khera
92	Khuderi	Rural	Karhari
93	Kiratpur (Nand)	Rural	Bijasin
94	Kiratpur (Padarkha )	Rural	Bahadurpur
95	Kishori Pukhari	Rural	Malpur
96	Kishunpur	Rural	Kishunpur
97	Kitpura	Rural	Kitpura
98	Kiwati	Rural	Sichahari
99	Kiwlaha	Rural	Dhawari
100	Kunwarpur	Rural	Kasar
101	Kurdhana	Rural	Singarpur
102	Kuriman Purwa	Rural	Hajipur
103	Laulas	Rural	Barha
104	Lausi	Rural	Chandwara
105	Maharajpur	Rural	Majhpatiya
106	Mahoi Kala	Rural	Mahoi Kala
107	Mahoi Khurd	Rural	Mahoi Khurd
108	Mahyaba	Rural	Mahyaba
109	Majhapatiya	Rural	Majhpatiya
110	Malpur	Rural	Malpur
111	Manuriya	Rural	Manuriya
112	Manwara	Rural	Manwara
113	Mawaighat	Rural	Mawai Ghat
114	Misran Purwa	Rural	Mishran Purwa
115	Motipurwa	Rural	Ghatahari
116	Mudahara	Rural	Mudahara
117	Nadauta	Rural	Nadauta
118	Naharpur	Rural	Naharpur
119	Nand	Rural	Nand
120	Nayadhung	Rural	Jarehta Kala
121	Nehar	Rural	Nehra
122	Nibikhera	Rural	Nibikhera
123	Nidhauli	Rural	Nidhauli
124	Nidhwa Pukhari	Rural	Ghatra
125	Odi	Rural	Malpur
126	Pachwara	Rural	Pachwara
127	Padariya	Rural	Bijasin
128	Padwar	Rural	Padwar
129	Pahra	Rural	Pahra
130	Palta(Palha-81)	Rural	Palta
131	Parei	Rural	Parei
132	Parisitpura	Rural	Padwar
133	Partappur	Rural	Mahoi Khurd
134	Pavaithar	Rural	Tedhi Kabari
135	Phattepur	Rural	Mishran Purwa
136	Phurtala(Furtala-81)	Rural	Bijasin
137	Prakash Bamhauri	Rural	Prakash Bamhori
138	Purana Dhung	Rural	Majhpatiya
139	Rajaura	Rural	Malpur
140	Rampur	Rural	Balrampur
141	Rampur Ghosi	Rural	Mahyaba
142	Rampurghat	Rural	Kandela
143	Ranibag	Rural	Jarehta Kala
144	Ranikheda	Rural	Sarwai
145	Raopur	Rural	Pahra
146	Reona	Rural	Rewna
147	Sadwakol	Rural	Khamin Kheda
148	Santoshpurwa	Rural	Sisolar
149	Sarwai	Rural	Sarwai
150	Shivrajpur	Rural	Mahyaba
151	Sichahri	Rural	Sichahari
152	Silap	Rural	Silap
153	Singarpur	Rural	Singarpur
154	Singhpur	Rural	Singhpur
155	Sisolar	Rural	Sisolar
156	Tedi Kabari	Rural	Tedhi Kabari
157	Thakurra	Rural	Thakurra
158	Tikari	Rural	Tikari
159	Tilangpur	Rural	Sichahari
160	Udaypur	Rural	Udaypur
161	Umari	Rural	Pachwara
162	Urdipurwa	Rural	Nidhauli

Population of Gaurihar Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Gaurihar Tehsil has a total population of 1,87,093 people, consisting of 1,00,601 males and 86,492 females. There are 38,407 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 203 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	1,87,093	1,78,175	8,918
Male Population	1,00,601	95,904	4,697
Female Population	86,492	82,271	4,221
Total Households	38,407	36,714	1,693
Population Density	203 / km²	200 / km²	271 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 1,02,068 literate people and 30,379 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 52,977 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 656 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	30,379	29,093	1,286
Literate Population	1,02,068	96,621	5,447
Illiterate Population	85,025	81,554	3,471
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	52,977	49,939	3,038
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	656	648	8

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Gaurihar (गौरिहार)
District	Chhatarpur
State / UT	Madhya Pradesh
Railway Station	Mataundh
Total Area	922 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	859
Total Population (2011)	1,87,093
Density	203/km²
Total Villages	162

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