About Gainji Village

Gainji is a mid sized village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,086, made up of 539 males and 547 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gainji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gainji village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Lormi
Pincode	495115
Area (hectares)	290.52 hectares
Population	1,086
Male Population	539
Female Population	547
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gainji compares

By the 2011 count Gainji is the 86th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 290.52 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Gainji

Gainji is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gainji as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Gainji from other places

Gainji lies about 45 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 34 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 Gainji
Tehsil headquarters	Lormi	12 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	13 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	34 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	45 km

Villages closest to Gainji

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gainji village had a population of 1,086. That makes it the 86th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Gainji village has 539 males and 547 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gainji has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Gainji is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gainji covers 290.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gainji falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gainji is Kargi Road, about 34 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 - 10 km distance for Gainji.

Gainji is about 45 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gainji is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Lormi is about 12 km away. Mungeli is about 13 km away. Kargi Road is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.