About Gastikapa Village

Gastikapa is a mid sized village in Mungeli tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 716, made up of 349 males and 367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gastikapa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gastikapa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Mungeli
Pincode	495334
Area (hectares)	169.05 hectares
Population	716
Male Population	349
Female Population	367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gastikapa compares

By the 2011 count Gastikapa is the 104th largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 169.05 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Gastikapa

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

Gastikapa lies about 55 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 48 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 Gastikapa
Tehsil headquarters	Mungeli	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	48 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	55 km

Villages closest to Gastikapa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gastikapa village had a population of 716. That makes it the 104th largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Gastikapa village has 349 males and 367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gastikapa has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Gastikapa is 495334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gastikapa covers 169.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gastikapa falls under Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gastikapa is Kargi Road, about 48 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 Gastikapa.

Gastikapa is about 55 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gastikapa is in Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 7.2 km away. Kargi Road is about 48 km away. Bilaspur is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.