About Gidhwa Village

Gidhwa is a small village in Thanakhamria tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 309, made up of 147 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,102 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129.61 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	Thanakhamria
Pincode	491335
Area (hectares)	129.61 hectares
Population	309
Male Population	147
Female Population	162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,102
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 73rd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 129.61 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

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 19 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Murhipar, about 10 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
Nearest railway station	Murhipar	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thanakhamria	19 km
District headquarters	Durg	19 km

Villages closest to Gidhwa

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 Gidhwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Gidhwa village had a population of 309. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Gidhwa village has 147 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gidhwa has about 1102 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

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

Gidhwa covers 129.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gidhwa falls under Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gidhwa is Murhipar, about 10 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 19 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 Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district. Murhipar is about 10 km away. Thanakhamria is about 19 km away. Durg is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.