About Gharghodi Village

Gharghodi is a mid sized village in Gharghoda tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,953, made up of 936 males and 1,017 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 969.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gharghodi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharghodi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Gharghoda
Pincode	496111
Area (hectares)	969.83 hectares
Population	1,953
Male Population	936
Female Population	1,017
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,087
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gharghodi compares

By the 2011 count Gharghodi is the 7th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 969.83 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1038.

Getting to Gharghodi

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

Gharghodi lies about 31 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Bhupdeopur, about 24 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 Gharghodi
Tehsil headquarters	Gharghoda	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Bhupdeopur	24 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	31 km

Villages closest to Gharghodi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharghodi village had a population of 1,953. That makes it the 7th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Gharghodi village has 936 males and 1,017 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharghodi has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1038.

The pincode recorded for Gharghodi is 496111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gharghodi covers 969.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gharghodi falls under Gharghoda tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gharghodi is Bhupdeopur, about 24 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 Gharghodi.

Gharghodi is about 31 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharghodi is in Gharghoda tehsil of Raigarh district. Gharghoda is about under 2 km away. Bhupdeopur is about 24 km away. Raigarh is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.