About Gunjera Village

Gunjera is a mid sized village in Nawagarh tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,600, made up of 826 males and 774 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 417.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491340, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gunjera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunjera village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Nawagarh
Pincode	491340
Area (hectares)	417.55 hectares
Population	1,600
Male Population	826
Female Population	774
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gunjera compares

By the 2011 count Gunjera is the 26th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 985 residents. Its 417.55 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 994.

Getting to Gunjera

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

Gunjera lies about 94 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Bhatapara, about 16 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 Gunjera
Nearest town	Bhātāpāra	16 km
Nearest railway station	Bhatapara	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawagarh	25 km
District headquarters	Durg	94 km

Villages closest to Gunjera

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 Gunjera

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunjera village had a population of 1,600. That makes it the 26th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 985 residents.

Gunjera village has 826 males and 774 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunjera has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Gunjera is 491340. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gunjera covers 417.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gunjera falls under Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gunjera is Bhatapara, about 16 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 Gunjera.

Gunjera is about 94 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunjera is in Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district. Bhātāpāra is about 16 km away. Bhatapara is about 16 km away. Nawagarh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.