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About Gukhera Village

Gukhera is a mid sized village in Arang tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,473, made up of 734 males and 739 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 554.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gukhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gukhera village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Arang
Pincode 493441
Area (hectares) 554.32 hectares
Population 1,473
Male Population 734
Female Population 739
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,007
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gukhera compares

By the 2011 count Gukhera is the 82nd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents. Its 554.32 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Gukhera

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

Gukhera lies about 37 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Arang Mahanadi, about 11 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 Gukhera
Tehsil headquarters Arang 10 km
Nearest railway station Arang Mahanadi 11 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 23 km
District headquarters Raipur 37 km

Villages closest to Gukhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gukhera village had a population of 1,473. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Gukhera village has 734 males and 739 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gukhera has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Gukhera is 493441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gukhera covers 554.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gukhera falls under Arang tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gukhera is Arang Mahanadi, about 11 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 Gukhera.

Gukhera is about 37 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gukhera is in Arang tehsil of Raipur district. Arang is about 10 km away. Arang Mahanadi is about 11 km away. Mahāsamund is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghont 1 (2.3 km), Bohardih (2.4 km) and Paraskol (2.5 km).

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

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