About Girakchal Village

Girakchal is a small village in Nilanga tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 455, made up of 227 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413521, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Girakchal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girakchal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Tehsil	Nilanga
Pincode	413521
Area (hectares)	341 hectares
Population	455
Male Population	227
Female Population	228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Girakchal compares

By the 2011 count Girakchal is the 129th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,938 residents. Its 341 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Girakchal

Girakchal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Girakchal 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Girakchal from other places

Girakchal lies about 39 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Her, about 24 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 Girakchal
Tehsil headquarters	Nilanga	18 km
Nearest railway station	Her	24 km
District headquarters	Latur	39 km

Villages closest to Girakchal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Girakchal village had a population of 455. That makes it the 129th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,938 residents.

Girakchal village has 227 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girakchal has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Girakchal is 413521. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Girakchal covers 341 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Girakchal falls under Nilanga tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Girakchal is Her, about 24 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 10+ km distance for Girakchal.

Girakchal is about 39 km from Latur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Girakchal is in Nilanga tehsil of Latur district. Nilanga is about 18 km away. Her is about 24 km away. Latur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.