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About Gulbha Village

Gulbha is a small village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 359, made up of 171 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,099 females per 1000 males. The village covers 518.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gulbha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gulbha village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Kondagaon
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 518.54 hectares
Population 359
Male Population 171
Female Population 188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,099
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gulbha compares

By the 2011 count Gulbha is the 134th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 518.54 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Gulbha

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

Gulbha lies about 57 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Bade Arapur, about 70 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 Gulbha
Tehsil headquarters Kondagaon 6.6 km
District headquarters Bastar 57 km
Nearest railway station Bade Arapur 70 km

Villages closest to Gulbha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gulbha village had a population of 359. That makes it the 134th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Gulbha village has 171 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gulbha has about 1099 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Gulbha is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gulbha covers 518.54 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.

Gulbha falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gulbha is Bade Arapur, about 70 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 Gulbha.

Gulbha is about 57 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gulbha is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 6.6 km away. Bastar is about 57 km away. Bade Arapur is about 70 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bansirsi (under 2 km), Temrugaon (under 2 km) and Rakasmeta (1.9 km).

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

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