About Gangchuwa Village

Gangchuwa is a small village in Kawardha tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 472, made up of 231 males and 241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangchuwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangchuwa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kabeerdham
Tehsil	Kawardha
Pincode	491995
Area (hectares)	247.31 hectares
Population	472
Male Population	231
Female Population	241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangchuwa compares

By the 2011 count Gangchuwa is the 143rd largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 247.31 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Gangchuwa

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

Gangchuwa lies about 3.1 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 79 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 Gangchuwa
District headquarters	Kabeerdham	3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kawardha	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	79 km

Villages closest to Gangchuwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangchuwa village had a population of 472. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Gangchuwa village has 231 males and 241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangchuwa has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

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

Gangchuwa covers 247.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangchuwa falls under Kawardha tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gangchuwa is Hathbandh, about 79 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 Gangchuwa.

Gangchuwa is about 3.1 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangchuwa is in Kawardha tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Kabeerdham is about 3.1 km away. Kawardha is about 5.3 km away. Hathbandh is about 79 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.