About Gerughat Village

Gerughat is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,014, made up of 497 males and 517 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 581.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gerughat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gerughat village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuriya
Pincode	491558
Area (hectares)	581.41 hectares
Population	1,014
Male Population	497
Female Population	517
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gerughat compares

By the 2011 count Gerughat is the 60th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 581.41 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1037.

Getting to Gerughat

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

Gerughat lies about 52 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 30 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 Gerughat
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuriya	10 km
Nearest railway station	Paniajob	30 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	34 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	52 km

Villages closest to Gerughat

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 Gerughat

As per the Census of India 2011, Gerughat village had a population of 1,014. That makes it the 60th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Gerughat village has 497 males and 517 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gerughat has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1037.

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

Gerughat covers 581.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gerughat falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gerughat is Paniajob, about 30 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 Gerughat.

Gerughat is about 52 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gerughat is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 10 km away. Paniajob is about 30 km away. Dongargarh is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.