About Ghotia Village

Ghotia is a mid sized village in Bhanupratappur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 971, made up of 450 males and 521 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,158 females per 1000 males. The village covers 523.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghotia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghotia village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Bhanupratappur
Pincode	494669
Area (hectares)	523.35 hectares
Population	971
Male Population	450
Female Population	521
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,158
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghotia compares

By the 2011 count Ghotia is the 29th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 523.35 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 1044.

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 village. 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 20 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 4.2 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
Nearest railway station	Keoti	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhanupratappur	9.1 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	20 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	39 km

Villages closest to Ghotia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghotia village had a population of 971. That makes it the 29th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Ghotia village has 450 males and 521 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghotia has about 1158 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Ghotia is 494669. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghotia covers 523.35 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.

Ghotia falls under Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghotia is Keoti, about 4.2 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 village for Ghotia.

Ghotia is about 20 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.

Ghotia is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Keoti is about 4.2 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 9.1 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.