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About Gunapur Village

Gunapur is a small village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 385, made up of 187 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 472.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gunapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunapur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Lormi
Pincode 495115
Area (hectares) 472.08 hectares
Population 385
Male Population 187
Female Population 198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,059
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gunapur compares

By the 2011 count Gunapur is the 209th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 472.08 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 981.

Getting to Gunapur

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

Gunapur lies about 54 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Bhatapara, about 44 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 Gunapur
Nearest town Mungeli 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Lormi 30 km
Nearest railway station Bhatapara 44 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 54 km

Villages closest to Gunapur

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.

Common questions about Gunapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunapur village had a population of 385. That makes it the 209th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Gunapur village has 187 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunapur has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

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

Gunapur covers 472.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gunapur falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gunapur is Bhatapara, about 44 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 Gunapur.

Gunapur is about 54 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunapur is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 8.4 km away. Lormi is about 30 km away. Bhatapara is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aurabandha (7.9 km), Kanharpur (15 km) and Rajpalpur (15 km).

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

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