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About Ghotiya Village

Ghotiya is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 366, made up of 183 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 358.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghotiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghotiya village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Pakhanjur
Pincode 494010
Area (hectares) 358.31 hectares
Population 366
Male Population 183
Female Population 183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghotiya compares

By the 2011 count Ghotiya is the 162nd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 358.31 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, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Ghotiya

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

Ghotiya lies about 50 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 34 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 Ghotiya
Tehsil headquarters Pakhanjur 19 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 34 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 50 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 62 km

Villages closest to Ghotiya

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.

Common questions about Ghotiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghotiya village had a population of 366. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Ghotiya village has 183 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

The pincode recorded for Ghotiya is 494010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghotiya covers 358.31 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghotiya is Keoti, about 34 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 Ghotiya.

Ghotiya is about 50 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.

Ghotiya is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 19 km away. Keoti is about 34 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mandagaon (under 2 km), Pipli (under 2 km) and Murawandi (2.8 km).

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

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