About Gaddad Village

Gaddad is a small village in Keskal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 244, made up of 115 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,122 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaddad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaddad village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Keskal
Pincode	494347
Area (hectares)	378 hectares
Population	244
Male Population	115
Female Population	129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,122
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaddad compares

By the 2011 count Gaddad is the 77th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 378 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 1062.

Getting to Gaddad

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

Gaddad lies about 106 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 27 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 Gaddad
Tehsil headquarters	Keskal	24 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	27 km
Nearest town	Kānker	32 km
District headquarters	Bastar	106 km

Villages closest to Gaddad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaddad village had a population of 244. That makes it the 77th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Gaddad village has 115 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaddad has about 1122 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Gaddad is 494347. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaddad covers 378 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.

Gaddad falls under Keskal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gaddad is Antagarh, about 27 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 10+ km distance for Gaddad.

Gaddad is about 106 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaddad is in Keskal tehsil of Bastar district. Keskal is about 24 km away. Antagarh is about 27 km away. Kānker is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.