About Ghatpada Village

Ghatpada is a mid sized village in Kesinga tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,422, made up of 716 males and 706 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 509 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766012, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Ghatpada compares

By the 2011 count Ghatpada is the 31st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 509 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 996.

Getting to Ghatpada

Ghatpada 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 Ghatpada as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Digsira, Dumermunda, Gaidara and Gaigaon. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.