About Gidhawa Village

Gidhawa is a mid sized village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 979, made up of 510 males and 469 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gidhawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gidhawa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Nagri
Pincode	493778
Area (hectares)	207.51 hectares
Population	979
Male Population	510
Female Population	469
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gidhawa compares

By the 2011 count Gidhawa is the 45th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 207.51 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Gidhawa

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

Gidhawa lies about 60 km from Dhamtari. 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 Gidhawa
Tehsil headquarters	Nagri	11 km
Nearest town	Kānker	42 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	60 km

Villages closest to Gidhawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gidhawa village had a population of 979. That makes it the 45th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Gidhawa village has 510 males and 469 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gidhawa has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Gidhawa is 493778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gidhawa covers 207.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gidhawa falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Gidhawa notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Gidhawa.

Gidhawa is about 60 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gidhawa is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 11 km away. Kānker is about 42 km away. Dhamtari is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.