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About Ghunsar Village

Ghunsar is a mid sized village in Khaprakhol tehsil, in the district of Balangir, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 687, made up of 363 males and 324 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 318 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 767028, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghunsar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghunsar village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Balangir
Tehsil Khaprakhol
Pincode 767028
Area (hectares) 318 hectares
Population 687
Male Population 363
Female Population 324
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghunsar compares

By the 2011 count Ghunsar is the 44th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 772 residents. Its 318 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Ghunsar

Ghunsar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghunsar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Ghunsar from other places

Ghunsar lies about 68 km from Balangir, and the nearest railway station is Harishanker Rd, about 14 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 Ghunsar
Tehsil headquarters Khaprakhol 3.5 km
Nearest railway station Harishanker Rd 14 km
Nearest town Kantābānji 31 km
District headquarters Balangir 68 km

Villages closest to Ghunsar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghunsar village had a population of 687. That makes it the 44th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 772 residents.

Ghunsar village has 363 males and 324 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghunsar has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Ghunsar is 767028. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghunsar covers 318 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghunsar falls under Khaprakhol tehsil of Balangir district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Ghunsar is Harishanker Rd, about 14 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ghunsar.

Ghunsar is about 68 km from Balangir in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghunsar is in Khaprakhol tehsil of Balangir district. Khaprakhol is about 3.5 km away. Harishanker Rd is about 14 km away. Kantābānji is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badgurjibhata (1.7 km), Khaprakhol (3.5 km) and Jamunapali (6.3 km).

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

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