About Ganjan Village

Ganjan is a small village in Pendra tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 273, made up of 135 males and 138 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganjan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganjan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Pendra
Pincode	495119
Area (hectares)	132.27 hectares
Population	273
Male Population	135
Female Population	138
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ganjan compares

By the 2011 count Ganjan is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents. Its 132.27 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Ganjan

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

Ganjan lies about 77 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Sarbahara, about 16 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 Ganjan
Tehsil headquarters	Pendra	10 km
Nearest railway station	Sarbahara	16 km
Nearest town	Pasān	17 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	77 km

Villages closest to Ganjan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganjan village had a population of 273. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents.

Ganjan village has 135 males and 138 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganjan has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Ganjan is 495119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganjan covers 132.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ganjan falls under Pendra tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ganjan is Sarbahara, about 16 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 Ganjan.

Ganjan is about 77 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganjan is in Pendra tehsil of Bilaspur district. Pendra is about 10 km away. Sarbahara is about 16 km away. Pasān is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.