About Gahiratola Village

Gahiratola is a small village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 392, made up of 196 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491444, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gahiratola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gahiratola village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuikhadan
Pincode	491444
Area (hectares)	244.75 hectares
Population	392
Male Population	196
Female Population	196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gahiratola compares

By the 2011 count Gahiratola is the 145th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 244.75 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Gahiratola

Gahiratola is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gahiratola as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gahiratola from other places

Gahiratola lies about 59 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Murhipar, about 52 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 Gahiratola
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuikhadan	12 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	23 km
Nearest railway station	Murhipar	52 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	59 km

Villages closest to Gahiratola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gahiratola village had a population of 392. That makes it the 145th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Gahiratola village has 196 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahiratola has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Gahiratola is 491444. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gahiratola covers 244.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gahiratola falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gahiratola is Murhipar, about 52 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gahiratola.

Gahiratola is about 59 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gahiratola is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuikhadan is about 12 km away. Khairāgarh is about 23 km away. Murhipar is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.