About Girgaon Village

Girgaon is a mid sized village in Chikodi tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,315, made up of 672 males and 643 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 613.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Girgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girgaon village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Chikodi
Pincode	591214
Area (hectares)	613.02 hectares
Population	1,315
Male Population	672
Female Population	643
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
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 107th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,865 residents. Its 613.02 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

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 66 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Chikodi Road, about 28 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	Chikodi	6.9 km
Nearest railway station	Chikodi Road	28 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	66 km

Villages closest to Girgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chikodi 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 1,315. That makes it the 107th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,865 residents.

Girgaon village has 672 males and 643 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girgaon has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Girgaon is 591214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Girgaon covers 613.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Girgaon falls under Chikodi tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Girgaon is Chikodi Road, about 28 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 66 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Girgaon is in Chikodi tehsil of Belgaum district. Chikodi is about 6.9 km away. Chikodi Road is about 28 km away. Belgaum is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.