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About Ghuitangar Village

Ghuitangar is a small village in Kunkuri tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 210, made up of 94 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,234 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghuitangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghuitangar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Jashpur
Tehsil Kunkuri
Pincode 496334
Area (hectares) 114.92 hectares
Population 210
Male Population 94
Female Population 116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,234
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghuitangar compares

By the 2011 count Ghuitangar is the 86th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 905 residents. Its 114.92 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Ghuitangar

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

Ghuitangar lies about 16 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Garposh, about 85 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 Ghuitangar
Tehsil headquarters Kunkuri 9.6 km
District headquarters Jashpur 16 km
Nearest town Jashpur Nagar 16 km
Nearest railway station Garposh 85 km

Villages closest to Ghuitangar

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

Common questions about Ghuitangar

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghuitangar village had a population of 210. That makes it the 86th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 905 residents.

Ghuitangar village has 94 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghuitangar has about 1234 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Ghuitangar is 496334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghuitangar covers 114.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghuitangar falls under Kunkuri tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghuitangar is Garposh, about 85 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 Ghuitangar.

Ghuitangar is about 16 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghuitangar is in Kunkuri tehsil of Jashpur district. Kunkuri is about 9.6 km away. Jashpur is about 16 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jokari (under 2 km), Kamtara (under 2 km) and Bhandri (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ghuitangar today is likely to be higher.

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