About Gatam Village

Gatam is a mid sized village in Katekalyan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,204, made up of 578 males and 626 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 956.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gatam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gatam village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Katekalyan
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	956.31 hectares
Population	1,204
Male Population	578
Female Population	626
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,083
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gatam compares

By the 2011 count Gatam is the 13th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 956.31 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Gatam

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

Gatam lies about 20 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kaklur, about 8.3 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 Gatam
Tehsil headquarters	Katekalyan	4.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kaklur	8.3 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	20 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	36 km

Villages closest to Gatam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gatam village had a population of 1,204. That makes it the 13th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Gatam village has 578 males and 626 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gatam has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1080.

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

Gatam covers 956.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gatam falls under Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gatam is Kaklur, about 8.3 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 village for Gatam.

Gatam is about 20 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.

Gatam is in Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Katekalyan is about 4.8 km away. Kaklur is about 8.3 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.