About Goriyapal Village

Goriyapal is a small village in Bastanar tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 249, made up of 127 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 375.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goriyapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goriyapal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bastanar
Pincode	494442
Area (hectares)	375.88 hectares
Population	249
Male Population	127
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Goriyapal compares

By the 2011 count Goriyapal is the 35th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 375.88 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Goriyapal

Goriyapal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Goriyapal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Goriyapal from other places

Goriyapal lies about 36 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kumhar Sodra, about 4.2 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 Goriyapal
Nearest railway station	Kumhar Sodra	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bastanar	15 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	36 km
District headquarters	Bastar	36 km

Villages closest to Goriyapal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bastanar 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 Goriyapal

As per the Census of India 2011, Goriyapal village had a population of 249. That makes it the 35th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Goriyapal village has 127 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goriyapal has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Goriyapal is 494442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goriyapal covers 375.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Goriyapal falls under Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Goriyapal is Kumhar Sodra, about 4.2 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 10+ km distance for Goriyapal.

Goriyapal is about 36 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goriyapal is in Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district. Kumhar Sodra is about 4.2 km away. Bastanar is about 15 km away. Jagdalpur is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.