About Gauband Village

Gauband is a mid sized village in Takhatpur tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 503, made up of 253 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 466.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gauband Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gauband village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Takhatpur
Pincode	495112
Area (hectares)	466.32 hectares
Population	503
Male Population	253
Female Population	250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gauband compares

By the 2011 count Gauband is the 142nd largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents. Its 466.32 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Gauband

Gauband is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gauband 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gauband from other places

Gauband lies about 18 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kalmitar, about 2.2 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 Gauband
Nearest railway station	Kalmitar	2.2 km
Nearest town	Ratanpur	11 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Takhatpur	24 km

Villages closest to Gauband

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gauband village had a population of 503. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents.

Gauband village has 253 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gauband has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Gauband is 495112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gauband covers 466.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gauband falls under Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gauband is Kalmitar, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gauband.

Gauband is about 18 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gauband is in Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district. Kalmitar is about 2.2 km away. Ratanpur is about 11 km away. Bilaspur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.