About Garawandi Village

Garawandi is a mid sized village in Keskal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,285, made up of 634 males and 651 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 928.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garawandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garawandi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Keskal
Pincode	494347
Area (hectares)	928.31 hectares
Population	1,285
Male Population	634
Female Population	651
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garawandi compares

By the 2011 count Garawandi is the 13th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 928.31 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Garawandi

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

Garawandi lies about 94 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 55 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 Garawandi
Tehsil headquarters	Keskal	11 km
Nearest town	Kānker	34 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	55 km
District headquarters	Bastar	94 km

Villages closest to Garawandi

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 Garawandi

As per the Census of India 2011, Garawandi village had a population of 1,285. That makes it the 13th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Garawandi village has 634 males and 651 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garawandi has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1062.

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

Garawandi covers 928.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garawandi falls under Keskal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Garawandi is Antagarh, about 55 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 Garawandi.

Garawandi 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.

Garawandi is in Keskal tehsil of Bastar district. Keskal is about 11 km away. Kānker is about 34 km away. Antagarh is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.