About Garipal Village

Garipal is a mid sized village in Chhindgarh tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 735, made up of 337 males and 398 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,181 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1359.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garipal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garipal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Chhindgarh
Pincode	494115
Area (hectares)	1359.16 hectares
Population	735
Male Population	337
Female Population	398
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,181
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garipal compares

By the 2011 count Garipal is the 42nd largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 1359.16 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1096.

Getting to Garipal

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

Garipal lies about 19 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kaklur, about 28 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 Garipal
Tehsil headquarters	Chhindgarh	19 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	19 km
Nearest railway station	Kaklur	28 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	32 km

Villages closest to Garipal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garipal village had a population of 735. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Garipal village has 337 males and 398 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garipal has about 1181 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Garipal is 494115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garipal covers 1359.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garipal falls under Chhindgarh tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Garipal is Kaklur, about 28 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 Garipal.

Garipal is about 19 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garipal is in Chhindgarh tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Chhindgarh is about 19 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 19 km away. Kaklur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.