About Gidha Village

Gidha is a large village in Nawagarh tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,072, made up of 1,064 males and 1,008 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gidha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gidha village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Nawagarh
Pincode	494001
Area (hectares)	382.68 hectares
Population	2,072
Male Population	1,064
Female Population	1,008
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gidha compares

By the 2011 count Gidha is the 22nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 382.68 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Gidha

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

Gidha lies about 87 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kalmitar, about 37 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 Gidha
Nearest town	Mungeli	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawagarh	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kalmitar	37 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	87 km

Villages closest to Gidha

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 Gidha

As per the Census of India 2011, Gidha village had a population of 2,072. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Gidha village has 1,064 males and 1,008 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gidha has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Gidha is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gidha covers 382.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gidha falls under Nawagarh tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gidha is Kalmitar, about 37 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 Gidha.

Gidha is about 87 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gidha is in Nawagarh tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Mungeli is about 5.4 km away. Nawagarh is about 24 km away. Kalmitar is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.