About Gatigorha Village

Gatigorha is a small village in Bolba tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 231, made up of 125 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 433 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gatigorha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gatigorha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Bolba
Pincode	835226
Area (hectares)	433 hectares
Population	231
Male Population	125
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gatigorha compares

By the 2011 count Gatigorha is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,184 residents. Its 433 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 1028.

Getting to Gatigorha

Gatigorha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gatigorha as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gatigorha from other places

Gatigorha lies about 29 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Sogra, about 27 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 Gatigorha
Tehsil headquarters	Bolba	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Sogra	27 km
District headquarters	Simdega	29 km

Villages closest to Gatigorha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gatigorha village had a population of 231. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,184 residents.

Gatigorha village has 125 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gatigorha has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Gatigorha is 835226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gatigorha covers 433 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.

Gatigorha falls under Bolba tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gatigorha is Sogra, about 27 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gatigorha.

Gatigorha is about 29 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gatigorha is in Bolba tehsil of Simdega district. Bolba is about 6.2 km away. Sogra is about 27 km away. Simdega is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.