About Gadaghat Village

Gadaghat is a mid sized village in Thanakhamria tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 783, made up of 397 males and 386 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 283.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gadaghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gadaghat village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Thanakhamria
Pincode	491335
Area (hectares)	283.89 hectares
Population	783
Male Population	397
Female Population	386
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gadaghat compares

By the 2011 count Gadaghat is the 41st largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 283.89 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 1014.

Getting to Gadaghat

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

How far is Gadaghat from other places

Gadaghat lies about 22 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Durg Junction, 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 Gadaghat
Nearest town	Ahīwāra	14 km
Nearest railway station	Durg Junction	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thanakhamria	22 km
District headquarters	Durg	22 km

Villages closest to Gadaghat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gadaghat village had a population of 783. That makes it the 41st largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Gadaghat village has 397 males and 386 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gadaghat has about 972 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 1014.

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

Gadaghat covers 283.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gadaghat falls under Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gadaghat is Durg Junction, about 21 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 10+ km distance for Gadaghat.

Gadaghat is about 22 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gadaghat is in Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district. Ahīwāra is about 14 km away. Durg Junction is about 21 km away. Thanakhamria is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.