About Ghonch Village

Ghonch is a mid sized village in Pithora tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,589, made up of 739 males and 850 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,150 females per 1000 males. The village covers 544.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghonch Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghonch village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Pithora
Pincode	493551
Area (hectares)	544.85 hectares
Population	1,589
Male Population	739
Female Population	850
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,150
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghonch compares

By the 2011 count Ghonch is the 20th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 835 residents. Its 544.85 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Ghonch

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

Ghonch lies about 38 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Bagbahra, about 16 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 Ghonch
Tehsil headquarters	Pithora	11 km
Nearest railway station	Bagbahra	16 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	38 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	38 km

Villages closest to Ghonch

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghonch village had a population of 1,589. That makes it the 20th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 835 residents.

Ghonch village has 739 males and 850 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghonch has about 1150 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Ghonch is 493551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghonch covers 544.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghonch falls under Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghonch is Bagbahra, about 16 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 Ghonch.

Ghonch is about 38 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghonch is in Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district. Pithora is about 11 km away. Bagbahra is about 16 km away. Mahasamund is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.