About Ganekera Village

Ganekera is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,253, made up of 606 males and 647 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 390.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganekera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganekera village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Basna
Pincode	493554
Area (hectares)	390.91 hectares
Population	1,253
Male Population	606
Female Population	647
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ganekera compares

By the 2011 count Ganekera is the 25th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 390.91 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 Ganekera

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

Ganekera lies about 81 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 54 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 Ganekera
Tehsil headquarters	Basna	4.0 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	17 km
Nearest railway station	Komakhan railway station	54 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	81 km

Villages closest to Ganekera

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 Ganekera

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganekera village had a population of 1,253. That makes it the 25th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Ganekera village has 606 males and 647 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganekera has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Ganekera is 493554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganekera covers 390.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ganekera falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ganekera is Komakhan railway station, about 54 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 Ganekera.

Ganekera is about 81 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganekera is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Basna is about 4.0 km away. Saraipali is about 17 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.