About Gadaghat Village

Gadaghat is a mid sized village in Mungeli tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 521, made up of 278 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gadaghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gadaghat village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Mungeli
Pincode	495334
Area (hectares)	167.01 hectares
Population	521
Male Population	278
Female Population	243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gadaghat compares

By the 2011 count Gadaghat is the 132nd largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 167.01 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Gadaghat

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

Gadaghat lies about 60 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 49 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 Gadaghat
Tehsil headquarters	Mungeli	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	49 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	60 km

Villages closest to Gadaghat

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 Gadaghat

As per the Census of India 2011, Gadaghat village had a population of 521. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Gadaghat village has 278 males and 243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gadaghat has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

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

Gadaghat covers 167.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gadaghat falls under Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gadaghat is Kargi Road, about 49 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 Gadaghat.

Gadaghat is about 60 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gadaghat is in Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 14 km away. Kargi Road is about 49 km away. Bilaspur is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.