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About Ghotia Village

Ghotia is a small village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 462, made up of 225 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 703.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492015, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghotia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghotia village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Manpur
Pincode 492015
Area (hectares) 703.33 hectares
Population 462
Male Population 225
Female Population 237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,053
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghotia compares

By the 2011 count Ghotia is the 56th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 703.33 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Ghotia

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

Ghotia 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
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

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghotia village had a population of 462. That makes it the 56th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Ghotia village has 225 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghotia has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Ghotia is 492015. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghotia covers 703.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghotia falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghotia 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 5 - 10 km distance for Ghotia.

Ghotia 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 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 Kanhar (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 today is likely to be higher.

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