About Gahanakhar Village

Gahanakhar is a small village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 433, made up of 228 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gahanakhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gahanakhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Saraipali
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	159.57 hectares
Population	433
Male Population	228
Female Population	205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gahanakhar compares

By the 2011 count Gahanakhar is the 159th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 159.57 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Gahanakhar

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

Gahanakhar lies about 107 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Barpali, about 53 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 Gahanakhar
Tehsil headquarters	Saraipali	10 km
Nearest railway station	Barpali	53 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	107 km

Villages closest to Gahanakhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gahanakhar village had a population of 433. That makes it the 159th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Gahanakhar village has 228 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahanakhar has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Gahanakhar is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gahanakhar covers 159.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gahanakhar falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gahanakhar is Barpali, about 53 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 Gahanakhar.

Gahanakhar is about 107 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gahanakhar is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 10 km away. Barpali is about 53 km away. Mahasamund is about 107 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.