About Gourgoan Chikhaladih Village

Gourgoan Chikhaladih is a mid sized village in Keskal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,534, made up of 744 males and 790 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 513 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gourgoan Chikhaladih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gourgoan Chikhaladih village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Keskal
Pincode	494331
Area (hectares)	513 hectares
Population	1,534
Male Population	744
Female Population	790
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gourgoan Chikhaladih compares

By the 2011 count Gourgoan Chikhaladih is the 8th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 513 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Gourgoan Chikhaladih

Gourgoan Chikhaladih is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gourgoan Chikhaladih 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 Gourgoan Chikhaladih from other places

Gourgoan Chikhaladih lies about 86 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 57 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 Gourgoan Chikhaladih
Tehsil headquarters	Keskal	19 km
Nearest town	Kondagaon	38 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	57 km
District headquarters	Bastar	86 km

Villages closest to Gourgoan Chikhaladih

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Keskal 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 Gourgoan Chikhaladih

As per the Census of India 2011, Gourgoan Chikhaladih village had a population of 1,534. That makes it the 8th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Gourgoan Chikhaladih village has 744 males and 790 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gourgoan Chikhaladih has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Gourgoan Chikhaladih is 494331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gourgoan Chikhaladih covers 513 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gourgoan Chikhaladih falls under Keskal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gourgoan Chikhaladih is Antagarh, about 57 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 Gourgoan Chikhaladih.

Gourgoan Chikhaladih is about 86 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gourgoan Chikhaladih is in Keskal tehsil of Bastar district. Keskal is about 19 km away. Kondagaon is about 38 km away. Antagarh is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Cherabeda (5.2 km), Sikagaon (5.5 km) and Adanbeda (5.9 km).

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