About Gongpal Village

Gongpal is a mid sized village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,076, made up of 534 males and 542 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1152.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gongpal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gongpal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Kuakonda
Pincode	494552
Area (hectares)	1152.49 hectares
Population	1,076
Male Population	534
Female Population	542
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gongpal compares

By the 2011 count Gongpal is the 14th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 1152.49 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1100.

Getting to Gongpal

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

Gongpal lies about 5.2 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 18 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 Gongpal
Tehsil headquarters	Kuakonda	5.1 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	5.2 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	16 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	18 km

Villages closest to Gongpal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gongpal village had a population of 1,076. That makes it the 14th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Gongpal village has 534 males and 542 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gongpal has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1100.

The pincode recorded for Gongpal is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gongpal covers 1152.49 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.

Gongpal falls under Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gongpal is Kirandul, about 18 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 village for Gongpal.

Gongpal is about 5.2 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.

Gongpal is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kuakonda is about 5.1 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 5.2 km away. Bacheli is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.