About Gattakal Village

Gattakal is a mid sized village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 522, made up of 256 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1069.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gattakal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gattakal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	494661
Area (hectares)	1069.01 hectares
Population	522
Male Population	256
Female Population	266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,039
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gattakal compares

By the 2011 count Gattakal is the 108th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 1069.01 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 973.

Getting to Gattakal

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

Gattakal 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 Gattakal
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 Gattakal

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 Gattakal

As per the Census of India 2011, Gattakal village had a population of 522. That makes it the 108th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Gattakal village has 256 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gattakal has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Gattakal is 494661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gattakal covers 1069.01 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Gattakal 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gattakal.

Gattakal 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.

Gattakal 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.