About Gowaband Village

Gowaband is a small village in Baloda tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 356, made up of 185 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495668, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gowaband Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gowaband village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Baloda
Pincode	495668
Area (hectares)	117.05 hectares
Population	356
Male Population	185
Female Population	171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gowaband compares

By the 2011 count Gowaband is the 63rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 117.05 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Gowaband

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

Gowaband lies about 16 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Balpur Halt, about 8.0 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 Gowaband
Nearest railway station	Balpur Halt	8.0 km
Nearest town	Chāmpa	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baloda	14 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	16 km

Villages closest to Gowaband

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gowaband village had a population of 356. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Gowaband village has 185 males and 171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gowaband has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Gowaband is 495668. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gowaband covers 117.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gowaband falls under Baloda tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gowaband is Balpur Halt, about 8.0 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 Gowaband.

Gowaband is about 16 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gowaband is in Baloda tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Balpur Halt is about 8.0 km away. Chāmpa is about 8.7 km away. Baloda is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.