About Gokana Village

Gokana is a mid sized village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,234, made up of 618 males and 616 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491888, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gokana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gokana village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuikhadan
Pincode	491888
Area (hectares)	270.52 hectares
Population	1,234
Male Population	618
Female Population	616
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	997
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gokana compares

By the 2011 count Gokana is the 24th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 270.52 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Gokana

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

Gokana lies about 64 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, 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 Gokana
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuikhadan	21 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	31 km
Nearest railway station	Rasmara	52 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	64 km

Villages closest to Gokana

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 Gokana

As per the Census of India 2011, Gokana village had a population of 1,234. That makes it the 24th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Gokana village has 618 males and 616 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gokana has about 997 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Gokana is 491888. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gokana covers 270.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gokana falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gokana is Rasmara, 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 village for Gokana.

Gokana is about 64 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gokana is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuikhadan is about 21 km away. Khairāgarh is about 31 km away. Rasmara is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.