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About Goyanda Village

Goyanda is a small village in Durgkondal tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 232, made up of 111 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goyanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goyanda village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Durgkondal
Pincode 491111
Area (hectares) 233.53 hectares
Population 232
Male Population 111
Female Population 121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,090
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Goyanda compares

By the 2011 count Goyanda is the 110th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 233.53 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 1009.

Getting to Goyanda

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

Goyanda lies about 31 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 14 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 Goyanda
Nearest railway station Gudum 14 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Durgkondal 31 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 31 km

Villages closest to Goyanda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goyanda village had a population of 232. That makes it the 110th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Goyanda village has 111 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goyanda has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Goyanda is 491111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goyanda covers 233.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Goyanda falls under Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Goyanda is Gudum, about 14 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 Goyanda.

Goyanda is about 31 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.

Goyanda is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Gudum is about 14 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 25 km away. Durgkondal is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Seoni (under 2 km), Kalangpuri (under 2 km) and Nedgaon (2.5 km).

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

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