About Gangada Village

Gangada is a small village in Makdi tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 498, made up of 262 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangada village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Makdi
Pincode	494226
Area (hectares)	351.45 hectares
Population	498
Male Population	262
Female Population	236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangada compares

By the 2011 count Gangada is the 79th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 351.45 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Gangada

Gangada is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gangada as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gangada from other places

Gangada lies about 16 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Jagdalpur, about 2.1 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 Gangada
Nearest railway station	Jagdalpur	2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Makdi	16 km
District headquarters	Bastar	16 km

Villages closest to Gangada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangada village had a population of 498. That makes it the 79th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Gangada village has 262 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangada has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Gangada is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangada covers 351.45 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.

Gangada falls under Makdi tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gangada is Jagdalpur, about 2.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gangada.

Gangada is about 16 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangada is in Makdi tehsil of Bastar district. Jagdalpur is about 2.1 km away. Makdi is about 16 km away. Bastar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.