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About Girola Village

Girola is a mid sized village in Sadak Arjuni tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,393, made up of 731 males and 662 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 490 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441801, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Girola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girola village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Gondiya
Tehsil Sadak Arjuni
Pincode 441801
Area (hectares) 490 hectares
Population 1,393
Male Population 731
Female Population 662
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 906
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Girola compares

By the 2011 count Girola is the 23rd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,147 residents. Its 490 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Girola

Girola is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Girola as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Girola from other places

Girola lies about 9.2 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Gatra, about 4.7 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 Girola
Nearest railway station Gatra 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Sadak Arjuni 9.2 km
District headquarters Gondiya 9.2 km
Nearest town Gondiā 9.2 km

Villages closest to Girola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sadak Arjuni 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 Girola

As per the Census of India 2011, Girola village had a population of 1,393. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,147 residents.

Girola village has 731 males and 662 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girola has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Girola is 441801. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Girola covers 490 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Girola falls under Sadak Arjuni tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Girola is Gatra, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Girola.

Girola is about 9.2 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Girola is in Sadak Arjuni tehsil of Gondiya district. Gatra is about 4.7 km away. Sadak Arjuni is about 9.2 km away. Gondiya is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manditola (5.4 km), Murpar (7.0 km) and Sadakarjuni (8.2 km).

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

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