About Girgaon Village

Girgaon is a mid sized village in Bilgi tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,413, made up of 725 males and 688 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 776.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Girgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girgaon village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bagalkot
Tehsil	Bilgi
Pincode	587117
Area (hectares)	776.08 hectares
Population	1,413
Male Population	725
Female Population	688
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Girgaon compares

By the 2011 count Girgaon is the 33rd largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,262 residents. Its 776.08 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Girgaon

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

Girgaon lies about 34 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Mulvad, about 29 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 Girgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Bilgi	14 km
Nearest town	Jamkhandi	27 km
Nearest railway station	Mulvad	29 km
District headquarters	Bagalkot	34 km

Villages closest to Girgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Girgaon village had a population of 1,413. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,262 residents.

Girgaon village has 725 males and 688 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girgaon has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Girgaon is 587117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Girgaon covers 776.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Girgaon falls under Bilgi tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Girgaon is Mulvad, about 29 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Girgaon.

Girgaon is about 34 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Girgaon is in Bilgi tehsil of Bagalkot district. Bilgi is about 14 km away. Jamkhandi is about 27 km away. Mulvad is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.