About Girola Village

Girola is a small village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 498, made up of 294 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 694 females per 1000 males. The village covers 622.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Girola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girola village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494222
Area (hectares)	622.94 hectares
Population	498
Male Population	294
Female Population	204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	694
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Girola compares

By the 2011 count Girola is the 94th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 622.94 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Girola

Girola is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Girola as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Girola from other places

Girola lies about 28 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 29 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Girola
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	28 km
District headquarters	Bastar	28 km
Nearest railway station	Amagura	29 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	31 km

Villages closest to Girola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bakavand tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Girola

As per the Census of India 2011, Girola village had a population of 498. That makes it the 94th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Girola village has 294 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girola has about 694 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Girola is 494222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Girola covers 622.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Girola falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Girola is Amagura, about 29 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Girola.

Girola is about 28 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Girola is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 28 km away. Bastar is about 28 km away. Amagura is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.