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About Ghathula Bade Village

Ghathula Bade is a mid sized village in Sarangarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 983, made up of 518 males and 465 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghathula Bade Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghathula Bade village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Sarangarh
Pincode 496551
Area (hectares) 171.89 hectares
Population 983
Male Population 518
Female Population 465
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghathula Bade compares

By the 2011 count Ghathula Bade is the 66th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 792 residents. Its 171.89 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 1008.

Getting to Ghathula Bade

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

Ghathula Bade lies about 10 km from Sarangarh, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 39 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 Ghathula Bade
Tehsil headquarters Sarangarh 10 km
Nearest town Saraipali 36 km
Nearest railway station Raigarh 39 km

Villages closest to Ghathula Bade

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

Common questions about Ghathula Bade

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghathula Bade village had a population of 983. That makes it the 66th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 792 residents.

Ghathula Bade village has 518 males and 465 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghathula Bade has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Ghathula Bade is 496551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghathula Bade covers 171.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghathula Bade falls under Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghathula Bade is Raigarh, about 39 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 Ghathula Bade.

Ghathula Bade is about 10 km from Sarangarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghathula Bade is in Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Sarangarh is about 10 km away. Saraipali is about 36 km away. Raigarh is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghathula Chhote (under 2 km), Amjhar (under 2 km) and Singarpur (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ghathula Bade today is likely to be higher.

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