About Gotpur Village

Gotpur is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 906, made up of 446 males and 460 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 301.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gotpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gotpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Kanker
Pincode	494334
Area (hectares)	301.29 hectares
Population	906
Male Population	446
Female Population	460
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gotpur compares

By the 2011 count Gotpur is the 41st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 301.29 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Gotpur

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

Gotpur lies about 31 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 44 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 Gotpur
Tehsil headquarters	Kanker	5.8 km
Nearest town	Kānker	5.8 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	31 km
Nearest railway station	Dhamtari	44 km

Villages closest to Gotpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gotpur village had a population of 906. That makes it the 41st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Gotpur village has 446 males and 460 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gotpur has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Gotpur is 494334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gotpur covers 301.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gotpur falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gotpur is Dhamtari, about 44 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 Gotpur.

Gotpur 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.

Gotpur is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 5.8 km away. Kānker is about 5.8 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.