About Girola Village

Girola is a large village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,292, made up of 1,140 males and 1,152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 781.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, 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	Kondagaon
Pincode	494226
Area (hectares)	781.82 hectares
Population	2,292
Male Population	1,140
Female Population	1,152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
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 17th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 781.82 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

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 54 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Jagdalpur, about 72 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	Kondagaon	19 km
District headquarters	Bastar	54 km
Nearest railway station	Jagdalpur	72 km

Villages closest to Girola

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.

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Common questions about Girola

As per the Census of India 2011, Girola village had a population of 2,292. That makes it the 17th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Girola village has 1,140 males and 1,152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girola has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

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

Girola covers 781.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Girola falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Girola is Jagdalpur, about 72 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 54 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 Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 19 km away. Bastar is about 54 km away. Jagdalpur is about 72 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.