About Ghotwani Village

Ghotwani is a mid sized village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,284, made up of 639 males and 645 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 594.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghotwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghotwani village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dhamdha
Pincode	491331
Area (hectares)	594.46 hectares
Population	1,284
Male Population	639
Female Population	645
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghotwani compares

By the 2011 count Ghotwani is the 64th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 594.46 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Ghotwani

Ghotwani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghotwani as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Ghotwani from other places

Ghotwani lies about 28 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 25 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 Ghotwani
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamdha	14 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	22 km
Nearest railway station	Rasmara	25 km
District headquarters	Durg	28 km

Villages closest to Ghotwani

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 Ghotwani

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghotwani village had a population of 1,284. That makes it the 64th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Ghotwani village has 639 males and 645 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghotwani has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Ghotwani is 491331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghotwani covers 594.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghotwani falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghotwani is Rasmara, about 25 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 10+ km distance for Ghotwani.

Ghotwani is about 28 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghotwani is in Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Dhamdha is about 14 km away. Khairāgarh is about 22 km away. Rasmara is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.