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About Ghotiyawahi Village

Ghotiyawahi is a mid sized village in Narharpur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,165, made up of 578 males and 587 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 769.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghotiyawahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghotiyawahi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Narharpur
Pincode 494122
Area (hectares) 769.35 hectares
Population 1,165
Male Population 578
Female Population 587
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghotiyawahi compares

By the 2011 count Ghotiyawahi is the 33rd largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 769.35 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1050.

Getting to Ghotiyawahi

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

Ghotiyawahi lies about 56 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 47 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 Ghotiyawahi
Tehsil headquarters Narharpur 19 km
Nearest town Kānker 29 km
Nearest railway station Dhamtari 47 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 56 km

Villages closest to Ghotiyawahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghotiyawahi village had a population of 1,165. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Ghotiyawahi village has 578 males and 587 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghotiyawahi has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Ghotiyawahi is 494122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghotiyawahi covers 769.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghotiyawahi falls under Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ghotiyawahi is Dhamtari, about 47 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 Ghotiyawahi.

Ghotiyawahi is about 56 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.

Ghotiyawahi is in Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Narharpur is about 19 km away. Kānker is about 29 km away. Dhamtari is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dheklawan (1.5 km), Murumtara (2.4 km) and Khajrawan (2.4 km).

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

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