About Guljhar Village

Guljhar is a small village in Bagbahra tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 476, made up of 241 males and 235 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 298.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guljhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guljhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Bagbahra
Pincode	493449
Area (hectares)	298.62 hectares
Population	476
Male Population	241
Female Population	235
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Guljhar compares

By the 2011 count Guljhar is the 157th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 298.62 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Guljhar

Guljhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Guljhar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Guljhar from other places

Guljhar lies about 34 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 8.8 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 Guljhar
Nearest railway station	Komakhan railway station	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bagbahra	10 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	34 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	34 km

Villages closest to Guljhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guljhar village had a population of 476. That makes it the 157th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Guljhar village has 241 males and 235 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guljhar has about 975 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 1032.

The pincode recorded for Guljhar is 493449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guljhar covers 298.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Guljhar falls under Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Guljhar is Komakhan railway station, about 8.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Guljhar.

Guljhar is about 34 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guljhar is in Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district. Komakhan railway station is about 8.8 km away. Bagbahra is about 10 km away. Mahasamund is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.