About Ghotwani Village

Ghotwani is a mid sized village in Saja tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,937, made up of 965 males and 972 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 679.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491993, 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	Saja
Pincode	491993
Area (hectares)	679.94 hectares
Population	1,937
Male Population	965
Female Population	972
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghotwani compares

By the 2011 count Ghotwani is the 7th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 944 residents. Its 679.94 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 1009.

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 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 Ghotwani from other places

Ghotwani lies about 54 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Tilda-Neora, about 47 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	Saja	4.9 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	18 km
Nearest railway station	Tilda-Neora	47 km
District headquarters	Durg	54 km

Villages closest to Ghotwani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Saja 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 1,937. That makes it the 7th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 944 residents.

Ghotwani village has 965 males and 972 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghotwani has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Ghotwani is 491993. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghotwani covers 679.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghotwani falls under Saja tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghotwani is Tilda-Neora, about 47 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 Ghotwani.

Ghotwani is about 54 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 Saja tehsil of Durg district. Saja is about 4.9 km away. Bemetāra is about 18 km away. Tilda-Neora is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.