About Gopalpur Village

Gopalpur is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 811, made up of 390 males and 421 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gopalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gopalpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuriya
Pincode	491558
Area (hectares)	338.16 hectares
Population	811
Male Population	390
Female Population	421
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,079
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gopalpur compares

By the 2011 count Gopalpur is the 86th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 338.16 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Gopalpur

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

Gopalpur lies about 47 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 20 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 Gopalpur
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuriya	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Paniajob	20 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	25 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	47 km

Villages closest to Gopalpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gopalpur village had a population of 811. That makes it the 86th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Gopalpur village has 390 males and 421 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gopalpur has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Gopalpur is 491558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gopalpur covers 338.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gopalpur falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gopalpur is Paniajob, about 20 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 Gopalpur.

Gopalpur is about 47 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gopalpur is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 5.9 km away. Paniajob is about 20 km away. Dongargarh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.