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About Girna Village

Girna is a mid sized village in Pithora tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,134, made up of 564 males and 570 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 867.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Girna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girna village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Pithora
Pincode 493118
Area (hectares) 867.76 hectares
Population 1,134
Male Population 564
Female Population 570
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Girna compares

By the 2011 count Girna is the 47th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 835 residents. Its 867.76 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Girna

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

Girna lies about 55 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 28 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 Girna
Tehsil headquarters Pithora 13 km
Nearest railway station Komakhan railway station 28 km
Nearest town Saraipali 42 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 55 km

Villages closest to Girna

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.

Common questions about Girna

As per the Census of India 2011, Girna village had a population of 1,134. That makes it the 47th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 835 residents.

Girna village has 564 males and 570 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girna has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Girna is 493118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Girna covers 867.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Girna falls under Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Girna is Komakhan railway station, about 28 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 Girna.

Girna is about 55 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Girna is in Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district. Pithora is about 13 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 28 km away. Saraipali is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amodidih (under 2 km), Sinharpur (1.9 km) and Sinharpur Tukada (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Girna today is likely to be higher.

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