About Gourtek Village

Gourtek is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,446, made up of 732 males and 714 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 677.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gourtek Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gourtek village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Basna
Pincode	496113
Area (hectares)	677.25 hectares
Population	1,446
Male Population	732
Female Population	714
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gourtek compares

By the 2011 count Gourtek is the 17th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 677.25 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Gourtek

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

Gourtek lies about 88 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, 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 Gourtek
Nearest town	Saraipali	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basna	10 km
Nearest railway station	Komakhan railway station	60 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	88 km

Villages closest to Gourtek

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 Gourtek

As per the Census of India 2011, Gourtek village had a population of 1,446. That makes it the 17th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Gourtek village has 732 males and 714 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gourtek 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 1016.

The pincode recorded for Gourtek is 496113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gourtek covers 677.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gourtek falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gourtek is Komakhan railway station, 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 Gourtek.

Gourtek is about 88 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gourtek is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 9.8 km away. Basna is about 10 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.