About Gahiratola Village

Gahiratola is a mid sized village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 687, made up of 331 males and 356 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 284.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491881, 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	Khairagarh
Pincode	491881
Area (hectares)	284.76 hectares
Population	687
Male Population	331
Female Population	356
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,076
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 105th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 284.76 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 1027.

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 43 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 32 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	Khairagarh	9.8 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Jatkanhar	32 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	43 km

Villages closest to Gahiratola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khairagarh 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 687. That makes it the 105th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Gahiratola village has 331 males and 356 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahiratola has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Gahiratola is 491881. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gahiratola covers 284.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gahiratola falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gahiratola is Jatkanhar, about 32 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 43 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 Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Khairagarh is about 9.8 km away. Khairāgarh is about 9.8 km away. Jatkanhar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.