About Gilgicha Village

Gilgicha is a mid sized village in Bhopalpattnam tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 515, made up of 249 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 769.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494448, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gilgicha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gilgicha village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
Tehsil	Bhopalpattnam
Pincode	494448
Area (hectares)	769.17 hectares
Population	515
Male Population	249
Female Population	266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gilgicha compares

By the 2011 count Gilgicha is the 23rd largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 337 residents. Its 769.17 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1038.

Getting to Gilgicha

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

Gilgicha lies about 23 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Bacheli, about 68 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 Gilgicha
Tehsil headquarters	Bhopalpattnam	23 km
District headquarters	Bijapur	23 km
Nearest railway station	Bacheli	68 km

Villages closest to Gilgicha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gilgicha village had a population of 515. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 337 residents.

Gilgicha village has 249 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gilgicha has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1038.

The pincode recorded for Gilgicha is 494448. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gilgicha covers 769.17 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.

Gilgicha falls under Bhopalpattnam tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gilgicha is Bacheli, about 68 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 Gilgicha.

Gilgicha is about 23 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gilgicha is in Bhopalpattnam tehsil of Bijapur district. Bhopalpattnam is about 23 km away. Bijapur is about 23 km away. Bacheli is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.