About Ghotgaon Village

Ghotgaon is a mid sized village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 776, made up of 374 males and 402 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghotgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghotgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Nagri
Pincode	493778
Area (hectares)	287.88 hectares
Population	776
Male Population	374
Female Population	402
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,075
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghotgaon compares

By the 2011 count Ghotgaon is the 66th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 287.88 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Ghotgaon

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

Ghotgaon lies about 46 km from Dhamtari. 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 Ghotgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Nagri	15 km
Nearest town	Kānker	38 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	46 km

Villages closest to Ghotgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghotgaon village had a population of 776. That makes it the 66th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Ghotgaon village has 374 males and 402 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghotgaon has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Ghotgaon is 493778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghotgaon covers 287.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghotgaon falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Ghotgaon notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Ghotgaon.

Ghotgaon is about 46 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghotgaon is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 15 km away. Kānker is about 38 km away. Dhamtari is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.