About Garhgaon Village

Garhgaon is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 626, made up of 302 males and 324 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,073 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493555, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Basna
Pincode	493555
Area (hectares)	210.63 hectares
Population	626
Male Population	302
Female Population	324
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,073
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garhgaon compares

By the 2011 count Garhgaon is the 116th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 210.63 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Garhgaon

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

How far is Garhgaon from other places

Garhgaon lies about 83 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Baradwar, about 60 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 Garhgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Basna	22 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	28 km
Nearest railway station	Baradwar	60 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	83 km

Villages closest to Garhgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhgaon village had a population of 626. That makes it the 116th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Garhgaon village has 302 males and 324 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhgaon has about 1073 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Garhgaon is 493555. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhgaon covers 210.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garhgaon falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Garhgaon is Baradwar, about 60 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 10+ km distance for Garhgaon.

Garhgaon is about 83 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhgaon is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Basna is about 22 km away. Saraipali is about 28 km away. Baradwar is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.