About Ghiwra Village

Ghiwra is a large village in Jaijaipur tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,730, made up of 1,386 males and 1,344 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 689.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghiwra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghiwra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Jaijaipur
Pincode	495661
Area (hectares)	689.41 hectares
Population	2,730
Male Population	1,386
Female Population	1,344
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghiwra compares

By the 2011 count Ghiwra is the 13th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,555 residents. Its 689.41 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Ghiwra

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

Ghiwra lies about 55 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kharsia, about 11 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 Ghiwra
Nearest railway station	Kharsia	11 km
Nearest town	Saktī	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaijaipur	30 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	55 km

Villages closest to Ghiwra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghiwra village had a population of 2,730. That makes it the 13th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,555 residents.

Ghiwra village has 1,386 males and 1,344 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghiwra has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Ghiwra is 495661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghiwra covers 689.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghiwra falls under Jaijaipur tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghiwra is Kharsia, about 11 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 Ghiwra.

Ghiwra is about 55 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghiwra is in Jaijaipur tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Kharsia is about 11 km away. Saktī is about 21 km away. Jaijaipur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.