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About Gatwa Village

Gatwa is a small village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 432, made up of 221 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159.18 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 Sakti
Pincode 493229
Area (hectares) 159.18 hectares
Population 432
Male Population 221
Female Population 211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 955
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gatwa compares

By the 2011 count Gatwa is the 100th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 159.18 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 1006.

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 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 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
Nearest town Chāmpa 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakti 21 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 Sakti 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.

Common questions about Gatwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Gatwa village had a population of 432. That makes it the 100th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Gatwa village has 221 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gatwa has about 955 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 1006.

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

Gatwa covers 159.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gatwa falls under Sakti 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 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 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 Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Saragaon Road is about 5.0 km away. Chāmpa is about 13 km away. Sakti is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jarwe (2.5 km), Sundreli (3.2 km) and Sakreli Khurd (4.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gatwa today is likely to be higher.

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