About Girsa Village

Girsa is a mid sized village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 831, made up of 435 males and 396 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Girsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girsa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Saraipali
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	314.93 hectares
Population	831
Male Population	435
Female Population	396
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Girsa compares

By the 2011 count Girsa is the 81st largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 314.93 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Girsa

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

Girsa lies about 105 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Barpali, about 57 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 Girsa
Tehsil headquarters	Saraipali	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Barpali	57 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	105 km

Villages closest to Girsa

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 Girsa

As per the Census of India 2011, Girsa village had a population of 831. That makes it the 81st largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Girsa village has 435 males and 396 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girsa has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

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

Girsa covers 314.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Girsa falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Girsa is Barpali, about 57 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 Girsa.

Girsa is about 105 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Girsa is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 7.4 km away. Barpali is about 57 km away. Mahasamund is about 105 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.