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About Ghotia Kanhar Village

Ghotia Kanhar is a small village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 237, made up of 126 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 631.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghotia Kanhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghotia Kanhar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Manpur
Pincode 491229
Area (hectares) 631.46 hectares
Population 237
Male Population 126
Female Population 111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghotia Kanhar compares

By the 2011 count Ghotia Kanhar is the 113th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 631.46 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Ghotia Kanhar

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

Ghotia Kanhar lies about 90 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 33 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 Ghotia Kanhar
Tehsil headquarters Manpur 5.6 km
Nearest railway station Bhanupratappur 33 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 44 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 90 km

Villages closest to Ghotia Kanhar

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 Ghotia Kanhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghotia Kanhar village had a population of 237. That makes it the 113th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Ghotia Kanhar village has 126 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghotia Kanhar has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Ghotia Kanhar is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghotia Kanhar covers 631.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghotia Kanhar falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghotia Kanhar is Bhanupratappur, about 33 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 Ghotia Kanhar.

Ghotia Kanhar is about 90 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghotia Kanhar is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 5.6 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 33 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghotia (under 2 km), Ghotiya (under 2 km) and Tohe (1.7 km).

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

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