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About Gattipalna Village

Gattipalna is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,152, made up of 544 males and 608 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,118 females per 1000 males. The village covers 495.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493889, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gattipalna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gattipalna village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Farasgaon
Pincode 493889
Area (hectares) 495.96 hectares
Population 1,152
Male Population 544
Female Population 608
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,118
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gattipalna compares

By the 2011 count Gattipalna is the 25th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 495.96 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Gattipalna

Gattipalna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gattipalna as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Gattipalna from other places

Gattipalna lies about 93 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 75 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 Gattipalna
Tehsil headquarters Farasgaon 29 km
Nearest town Kānker 46 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 75 km
District headquarters Bastar 93 km

Villages closest to Gattipalna

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

Common questions about Gattipalna

As per the Census of India 2011, Gattipalna village had a population of 1,152. That makes it the 25th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Gattipalna village has 544 males and 608 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gattipalna has about 1118 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Gattipalna is 493889. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gattipalna covers 495.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gattipalna falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gattipalna is Antagarh, about 75 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 <5 km distance for Gattipalna.

Gattipalna is about 93 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gattipalna is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 29 km away. Kānker is about 46 km away. Antagarh is about 75 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Palna (under 2 km), Mainpur (7.5 km) and Randhana (23 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gattipalna today is likely to be higher.

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