About Garhpatni Village

Garhpatni is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,292, made up of 626 males and 666 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 308.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhpatni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhpatni village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Basna
Pincode	493554
Area (hectares)	308.58 hectares
Population	1,292
Male Population	626
Female Population	666
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,064
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garhpatni compares

By the 2011 count Garhpatni is the 23rd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 308.58 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 Garhpatni

Garhpatni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garhpatni as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Garhpatni from other places

Garhpatni lies about 75 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Khariar Road, about 38 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 Garhpatni
Tehsil headquarters	Basna	21 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	32 km
Nearest railway station	Khariar Road	38 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	75 km

Villages closest to Garhpatni

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 Garhpatni

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhpatni village had a population of 1,292. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Garhpatni village has 626 males and 666 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhpatni has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

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

Garhpatni covers 308.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garhpatni falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Garhpatni is Khariar Road, about 38 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 5 - 10 km distance for Garhpatni.

Garhpatni is about 75 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhpatni is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Basna is about 21 km away. Saraipali is about 32 km away. Khariar Road is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.