About Gudgahan Village

Gudgahan is a mid sized village in Pusour tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 625, made up of 335 males and 290 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 298.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gudgahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gudgahan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Pusour
Pincode	496001
Area (hectares)	298.38 hectares
Population	625
Male Population	335
Female Population	290
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gudgahan compares

By the 2011 count Gudgahan is the 85th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 934 residents. Its 298.38 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 989.

Getting to Gudgahan

Gudgahan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gudgahan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gudgahan from other places

Gudgahan lies about 6.2 km from Raigarh. 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 Gudgahan
Tehsil headquarters	Pusour	6.2 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	6.2 km

Villages closest to Gudgahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gudgahan village had a population of 625. That makes it the 85th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 934 residents.

Gudgahan village has 335 males and 290 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gudgahan has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Gudgahan is 496001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gudgahan covers 298.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gudgahan falls under Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Gudgahan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Gudgahan.

Gudgahan is about 6.2 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gudgahan is in Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district. Pusour is about 6.2 km away. Raigarh is about 6.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.