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About Gattegahan Village

Gattegahan is a small village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 111, made up of 51 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,176 females per 1000 males. The village covers 349.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gattegahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gattegahan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Manpur
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 349.95 hectares
Population 111
Male Population 51
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,176
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gattegahan compares

By the 2011 count Gattegahan is the 147th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 349.95 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Gattegahan

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

Gattegahan lies about 88 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 49 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 Gattegahan
Tehsil headquarters Manpur 13 km
Nearest railway station Bhanupratappur 49 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 53 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 88 km

Villages closest to Gattegahan

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

Common questions about Gattegahan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gattegahan village had a population of 111. That makes it the 147th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Gattegahan village has 51 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gattegahan has about 1176 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Gattegahan is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gattegahan covers 349.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gattegahan falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gattegahan is Bhanupratappur, about 49 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 Gattegahan.

Gattegahan is about 88 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gattegahan is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 13 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 49 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sambalpur (under 2 km), Pugada (1.8 km) and Unchapur (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gattegahan today is likely to be higher.

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