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About Giridharipur Village

Giridharipur is a mid sized village in Champua tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 544, made up of 280 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758041, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giridharipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giridharipur village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Champua
Pincode 758041
Area (hectares) 199 hectares
Population 544
Male Population 280
Female Population 264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 943
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Giridharipur compares

By the 2011 count Giridharipur is the 29th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 804 residents. Its 199 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 1004.

Getting to Giridharipur

Giridharipur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Giridharipur 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 Giridharipur from other places

Giridharipur lies about 42 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Murga Mahadev Road, about 13 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 Giridharipur
Tehsil headquarters Champua 11 km
Nearest railway station Murga Mahadev Road 13 km
Nearest town Joda 16 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 42 km

Villages closest to Giridharipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Giridharipur village had a population of 544. That makes it the 29th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 804 residents.

Giridharipur village has 280 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giridharipur has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Giridharipur is 758041. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giridharipur covers 199 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Giridharipur falls under Champua tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Giridharipur is Murga Mahadev Road, about 13 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 Giridharipur.

Giridharipur is about 42 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giridharipur is in Champua tehsil of Kendujhar district. Champua is about 11 km away. Murga Mahadev Road is about 13 km away. Joda is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hunjaposi (2.7 km), Banko (2.7 km) and Kodagadia (3.1 km).

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

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