About Gawadi Village

Gawadi is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 598, made up of 280 males and 318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,136 females per 1000 males. The village covers 925.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawadi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	494441
Area (hectares)	925.41 hectares
Population	598
Male Population	280
Female Population	318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,136
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gawadi compares

By the 2011 count Gawadi is the 62nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 925.41 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1039.

Getting to Gawadi

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

Gawadi lies about 94 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 39 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 Gawadi
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	19 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	33 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	39 km
District headquarters	Bastar	94 km

Villages closest to Gawadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawadi village had a population of 598. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Gawadi village has 280 males and 318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawadi has about 1136 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Gawadi is 494441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawadi covers 925.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gawadi falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gawadi is Antagarh, about 39 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Gawadi.

Gawadi is about 94 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawadi is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 19 km away. Nārāinpur is about 33 km away. Antagarh is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.