About Gourkapa Village

Gourkapa is a small village in Pandariya tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 74 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 770 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gourkapa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gourkapa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kabeerdham
Tehsil	Pandariya
Pincode	491559
Area (hectares)	147.4 hectares
Population	131
Male Population	74
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	770
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gourkapa compares

By the 2011 count Gourkapa is the 255th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 147.4 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Gourkapa

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

Gourkapa lies about 18 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 67 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 Gourkapa
Tehsil headquarters	Pandariya	6.6 km
District headquarters	Kabeerdham	18 km
Nearest town	Kawardha	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	67 km

Villages closest to Gourkapa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gourkapa village had a population of 131. That makes it the 255th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Gourkapa village has 74 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gourkapa has about 770 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Gourkapa is 491559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gourkapa covers 147.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gourkapa falls under Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gourkapa is Kargi Road, about 67 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 Gourkapa.

Gourkapa is about 18 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gourkapa is in Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Pandariya is about 6.6 km away. Kabeerdham is about 18 km away. Kawardha is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.