About Gotaj Village

Gotaj is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 148, made up of 80 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 285.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gotaj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gotaj village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	494665
Area (hectares)	285.62 hectares
Population	148
Male Population	80
Female Population	68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gotaj compares

By the 2011 count Gotaj is the 253rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 285.62 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Gotaj

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

Gotaj lies about 98 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Rajoli, about 68 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 Gotaj
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	32 km
Nearest town	Garhchiroli	36 km
Nearest railway station	Rajoli	68 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	98 km

Villages closest to Gotaj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gotaj village had a population of 148. That makes it the 253rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Gotaj village has 80 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gotaj has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Gotaj is 494665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gotaj covers 285.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gotaj falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gotaj is Rajoli, about 68 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 Gotaj.

Gotaj is about 98 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.

Gotaj is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 32 km away. Garhchiroli is about 36 km away. Rajoli is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.