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About Gidhali Village

Gidhali is a mid sized village in Dondi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 720, made up of 380 males and 340 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 485.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gidhali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gidhali village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Dondi
Pincode 491228
Area (hectares) 485.64 hectares
Population 720
Male Population 380
Female Population 340
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gidhali compares

By the 2011 count Gidhali is the 59th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 485.64 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1049.

Getting to Gidhali

Gidhali is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gidhali as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gidhali from other places

Gidhali lies about 77 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 21 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 Gidhali
Tehsil headquarters Dondi 20 km
Nearest railway station Gudum 21 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 23 km
District headquarters Durg 77 km

Villages closest to Gidhali

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

Common questions about Gidhali

As per the Census of India 2011, Gidhali village had a population of 720. That makes it the 59th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Gidhali village has 380 males and 340 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gidhali has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1049.

The pincode recorded for Gidhali is 491228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gidhali covers 485.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gidhali falls under Dondi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gidhali is Gudum, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Gidhali is about 77 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gidhali is in Dondi tehsil of Durg district. Dondi is about 20 km away. Gudum is about 21 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kisanpuri (3.3 km), Nayapara Alias Kurrutola (3.4 km) and Parkalkasa F V (4.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gidhali today is likely to be higher.

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