About Ganiya Village

Ganiya is a mid sized village in Nawagarh tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,180, made up of 572 males and 608 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganiya village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Nawagarh
Pincode	491337
Area (hectares)	277.04 hectares
Population	1,180
Male Population	572
Female Population	608
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ganiya compares

By the 2011 count Ganiya is the 49th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 985 residents. Its 277.04 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Ganiya

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

Ganiya lies about 90 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 46 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 Ganiya
Tehsil headquarters	Nawagarh	7.4 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	18 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	46 km
District headquarters	Durg	90 km

Villages closest to Ganiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganiya village had a population of 1,180. That makes it the 49th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 985 residents.

Ganiya village has 572 males and 608 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganiya has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Ganiya is 491337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganiya covers 277.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ganiya falls under Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ganiya is Hathbandh, about 46 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 Ganiya.

Ganiya is about 90 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganiya is in Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district. Nawagarh is about 7.4 km away. Mungeli is about 18 km away. Hathbandh is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.