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About Gondgiri Village

Gondgiri is a mid sized village in Berla tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,063, made up of 534 males and 529 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 629.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 490036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gondgiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gondgiri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Berla
Pincode 490036
Area (hectares) 629.12 hectares
Population 1,063
Male Population 534
Female Population 529
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 991
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gondgiri compares

By the 2011 count Gondgiri is the 70th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,411 residents. Its 629.12 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Gondgiri

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

Gondgiri lies about 35 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Kumhari, about 20 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 Gondgiri
Tehsil headquarters Berla 11 km
Nearest town Ahīwāra 11 km
Nearest railway station Kumhari 20 km
District headquarters Durg 35 km

Villages closest to Gondgiri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gondgiri village had a population of 1,063. That makes it the 70th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,411 residents.

Gondgiri village has 534 males and 529 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gondgiri has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Gondgiri is 490036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gondgiri covers 629.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gondgiri falls under Berla tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gondgiri is Kumhari, about 20 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 Gondgiri.

Gondgiri is about 35 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gondgiri is in Berla tehsil of Durg district. Berla is about 11 km away. Ahīwāra is about 11 km away. Kumhari is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tilai (2.3 km), Chandi (2.6 km) and Hasda (2.8 km).

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

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