About Gidhwa Village

Gidhwa is a mid sized village in Nawagarh tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,271, made up of 647 males and 624 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 571.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491340, 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	Nawagarh
Pincode	491340
Area (hectares)	571.96 hectares
Population	1,271
Male Population	647
Female Population	624
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gidhwa compares

By the 2011 count Gidhwa is the 45th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 985 residents. Its 571.96 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 a little below the tehsil average of 994.

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 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 Gidhwa from other places

Gidhwa lies about 81 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 50 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	Nawagarh	16 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	50 km
District headquarters	Durg	81 km

Villages closest to Gidhwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawagarh 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 1,271. That makes it the 45th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 985 residents.

Gidhwa village has 647 males and 624 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gidhwa has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Gidhwa is 491340. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gidhwa covers 571.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gidhwa falls under Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gidhwa is Hathbandh, about 50 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 village for Gidhwa.

Gidhwa is about 81 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 Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district. Nawagarh is about 16 km away. Bemetāra is about 22 km away. Hathbandh is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.