About Gidhwa Village

Gidhwa is a mid sized village in Bemetara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 732, made up of 374 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gidhwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gidhwa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Bemetara
Pincode	491335
Area (hectares)	179.41 hectares
Population	732
Male Population	374
Female Population	358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gidhwa compares

By the 2011 count Gidhwa is the 107th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents. Its 179.41 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Gidhwa

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

Gidhwa lies about 62 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Tilda-Neora, about 42 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 Gidhwa
Tehsil headquarters	Bemetara	10 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	10 km
Nearest railway station	Tilda-Neora	42 km
District headquarters	Durg	62 km

Villages closest to Gidhwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gidhwa village had a population of 732. That makes it the 107th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents.

Gidhwa village has 374 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gidhwa has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Gidhwa is 491335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gidhwa covers 179.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gidhwa falls under Bemetara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gidhwa is Tilda-Neora, about 42 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 Gidhwa.

Gidhwa is about 62 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gidhwa is in Bemetara tehsil of Durg district. Bemetara is about 10 km away. Bemetāra is about 10 km away. Tilda-Neora is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.