About Gandai Kalan Village

Gandai Kalan is a mid sized village in Bodla tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,166, made up of 590 males and 576 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandai Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandai Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kabeerdham
Tehsil	Bodla
Pincode	491995
Area (hectares)	306.08 hectares
Population	1,166
Male Population	590
Female Population	576
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandai Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Gandai Kalan is the 34th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 585 residents. Its 306.08 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Gandai Kalan

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

Gandai Kalan lies about 13 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 75 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 Gandai Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Bodla	9.2 km
District headquarters	Kabeerdham	13 km
Nearest town	Kawardha	20 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	75 km

Villages closest to Gandai Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bodla 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 Gandai Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandai Kalan village had a population of 1,166. That makes it the 34th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 585 residents.

Gandai Kalan village has 590 males and 576 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandai Kalan has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Gandai Kalan is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandai Kalan covers 306.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gandai Kalan falls under Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gandai Kalan is Kargi Road, about 75 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 Gandai Kalan.

Gandai Kalan is about 13 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandai Kalan is in Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Bodla is about 9.2 km away. Kabeerdham is about 13 km away. Kawardha is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.