By population, Gitola ranks #91 of 159 villages in Kurwai mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gitola is a village of 451 people in 87 households (Census 2011) in Kurwai tehsil, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh, the 91st-largest of 159 villages in Kurwai tehsil. Literacy is 69%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 927 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Vidisha district centre, 39 km from Khimlasa, the nearest town, 5 km from Kalhar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 464224, served by Kurwai post office; the LGD village code is 481037. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC Layra, 18 km away. The sarpanch is sanrosh dangi, and the village votes in Kurwai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hari Singh Sapre. The population is estimated at 532 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gitola · this village | 451 | 69% | — |
| Khiriya · Udaipura | 234 | 64% | 0.7 km SE |
| Khiriya · Kurwai | 737 | 59% | 0.7 km SE |
| Khiriya · Kurwai | 352 | 70% | 0.7 km SE |
| Maddukhedi · Kurwai | 274 | 61% | 0.9 km W |
| Maddukhedi · Tonk Khurd | 383 | 53% | 0.9 km W |
| Modan Khedi · Kurwai | 322 | 54% | 2.1 km N |
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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