About Girgaon Village

Girgaon is a mid sized village in Dongargaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 841, made up of 433 males and 408 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Girgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargaon
Pincode	491661
Area (hectares)	356.54 hectares
Population	841
Male Population	433
Female Population	408
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Girgaon compares

By the 2011 count Girgaon is the 69th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 356.54 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Girgaon

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

Girgaon lies about 21 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Musra, about 15 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 Girgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargaon	5.6 km
Nearest railway station	Musra	15 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	21 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	21 km

Villages closest to Girgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Girgaon village had a population of 841. That makes it the 69th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Girgaon village has 433 males and 408 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girgaon has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Girgaon is 491661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Girgaon covers 356.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Girgaon falls under Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Girgaon is Musra, about 15 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 Girgaon.

Girgaon is about 21 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Girgaon is in Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargaon is about 5.6 km away. Musra is about 15 km away. Dongargarh is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.