About Gatwa Village

Gatwa is a mid sized village in Champa tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,066, made up of 515 males and 551 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,070 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gatwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gatwa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Champa
Pincode	493229
Area (hectares)	202.84 hectares
Population	1,066
Male Population	515
Female Population	551
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,070
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gatwa compares

By the 2011 count Gatwa is the 48th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,887 residents. Its 202.84 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Gatwa

Gatwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gatwa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gatwa from other places

Gatwa lies about 22 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Saragaon Road, about 5.0 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 Gatwa
Nearest railway station	Saragaon Road	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Champa	13 km
Nearest town	Chāmpa	13 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	22 km

Villages closest to Gatwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gatwa village had a population of 1,066. That makes it the 48th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,887 residents.

Gatwa village has 515 males and 551 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gatwa has about 1070 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Gatwa is 493229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gatwa covers 202.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gatwa falls under Champa tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gatwa is Saragaon Road, about 5.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gatwa.

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

Gatwa is in Champa tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Saragaon Road is about 5.0 km away. Champa is about 13 km away. Chāmpa is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.