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About Gondpal Village

Gondpal is a small village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 349, made up of 187 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 391.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gondpal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gondpal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Dantewada
Pincode 494449
Area (hectares) 391.81 hectares
Population 349
Male Population 187
Female Population 162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gondpal compares

By the 2011 count Gondpal is the 46th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 391.81 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Gondpal

Gondpal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gondpal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gondpal from other places

Gondpal lies about 23 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 3.4 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 Gondpal
Nearest railway station Kamalur 3.4 km
Nearest town Bacheli 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Dantewada 23 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 23 km

Villages closest to Gondpal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gondpal village had a population of 349. That makes it the 46th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Gondpal village has 187 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gondpal has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Gondpal is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gondpal covers 391.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gondpal falls under Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gondpal is Kamalur, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gondpal.

Gondpal is about 23 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.

Gondpal is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kamalur is about 3.4 km away. Bacheli is about 22 km away. Dantewada is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pandewar (under 2 km), Kawalnar (2.4 km) and Keshapur (2.5 km).

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

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