About Gorpa Village

Gorpa is a mid sized village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 633, made up of 330 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 285.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorpa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorpa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dhamdha
Pincode	496450
Area (hectares)	285.69 hectares
Population	633
Male Population	330
Female Population	303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gorpa compares

By the 2011 count Gorpa is the 126th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 285.69 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Gorpa

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

Gorpa lies about 33 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 31 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 Gorpa
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamdha	10 km
Nearest town	Ahīwāra	24 km
Nearest railway station	Rasmara	31 km
District headquarters	Durg	33 km

Villages closest to Gorpa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorpa village had a population of 633. That makes it the 126th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Gorpa village has 330 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorpa has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Gorpa is 496450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorpa covers 285.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gorpa falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gorpa is Rasmara, about 31 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 Gorpa.

Gorpa is about 33 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorpa is in Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Dhamdha is about 10 km away. Ahīwāra is about 24 km away. Rasmara is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.