About Goriya Village

Goriya is a large village in Kunkuri tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,211, made up of 1,643 males and 1,568 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1423.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goriya village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Jashpur
Tehsil	Kunkuri
Pincode	496225
Area (hectares)	1423.31 hectares
Population	3,211
Male Population	1,643
Female Population	1,568
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	954
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Goriya compares

By the 2011 count Goriya is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 905 residents. Its 1423.31 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 995.

Getting to Goriya

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

Goriya lies about 33 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Dharamjaigarh Road, about 79 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 Goriya
Tehsil headquarters	Kunkuri	12 km
District headquarters	Jashpur	33 km
Nearest town	Jashpur Nagar	33 km
Nearest railway station	Dharamjaigarh Road	79 km

Villages closest to Goriya

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.

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Common questions about Goriya

As per the Census of India 2011, Goriya village had a population of 3,211. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 905 residents.

Goriya village has 1,643 males and 1,568 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goriya has about 954 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 995.

The pincode recorded for Goriya is 496225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goriya covers 1423.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goriya falls under Kunkuri tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Goriya is Dharamjaigarh Road, about 79 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 Goriya.

Goriya is about 33 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goriya is in Kunkuri tehsil of Jashpur district. Kunkuri is about 12 km away. Jashpur is about 33 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.