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About Gunjnar Village

Gunjnar is a small village in Antagarh tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 208, made up of 89 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,337 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495674, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gunjnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunjnar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Antagarh
Pincode 495674
Area (hectares) 108.93 hectares
Population 208
Male Population 89
Female Population 119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,337
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gunjnar compares

By the 2011 count Gunjnar is the 124th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 108.93 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1018.

Getting to Gunjnar

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

Gunjnar lies about 32 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker. 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 Gunjnar
Tehsil headquarters Antagarh 13 km
Nearest town Nārāinpur 30 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 32 km

Villages closest to Gunjnar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunjnar village had a population of 208. That makes it the 124th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Gunjnar village has 89 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunjnar has about 1337 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Gunjnar is 495674. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gunjnar covers 108.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gunjnar falls under Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Gunjnar notes the nearest railway station 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 Gunjnar.

Gunjnar is about 32 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunjnar is in Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Antagarh is about 13 km away. Nārāinpur is about 30 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarandi (under 2 km), Kachwar (under 2 km) and Padbeda (1.9 km).

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

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