About Girhola Village

Girhola is a large village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,810, made up of 1,383 males and 1,427 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 934.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 490036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Girhola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girhola village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dhamdha
Pincode	490036
Area (hectares)	934.59 hectares
Population	2,810
Male Population	1,383
Female Population	1,427
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,032
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Girhola compares

By the 2011 count Girhola is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 934.59 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Girhola

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

Girhola lies about 28 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Kumhari, about 19 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 Girhola
Nearest town	Ahīwāra	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamdha	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kumhari	19 km
District headquarters	Durg	28 km

Villages closest to Girhola

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 Girhola

As per the Census of India 2011, Girhola village had a population of 2,810. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Girhola village has 1,383 males and 1,427 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girhola has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

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

Girhola covers 934.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Girhola falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Girhola is Kumhari, about 19 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 Girhola.

Girhola 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.

Girhola is in Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Ahīwāra is about 4.6 km away. Dhamdha is about 14 km away. Kumhari is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.