About Gerawani Village

Gerawani is a large village in Raigarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,219, made up of 1,155 males and 1,064 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 507.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gerawani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gerawani village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Raigarh
Pincode	496001
Area (hectares)	507.94 hectares
Population	2,219
Male Population	1,155
Female Population	1,064
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gerawani compares

By the 2011 count Gerawani is the 8th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 507.94 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 989.

Getting to Gerawani

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

Gerawani lies about 12 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kirodimal Nagar, about 9.2 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 Gerawani
Nearest railway station	Kirodimal Nagar	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Raigarh	12 km

Villages closest to Gerawani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gerawani village had a population of 2,219. That makes it the 8th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Gerawani village has 1,155 males and 1,064 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gerawani has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

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

Gerawani covers 507.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gerawani falls under Raigarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gerawani is Kirodimal Nagar, about 9.2 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 Gerawani.

Gerawani is about 12 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gerawani is in Raigarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Kirodimal Nagar is about 9.2 km away. Raigarh is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.