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About Gadbanja Village

Gadbanja is a small village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 355, made up of 165 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,152 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491885, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gadbanja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gadbanja village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuikhadan
Pincode 491885
Area (hectares) 268.31 hectares
Population 355
Male Population 165
Female Population 190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,152
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gadbanja compares

By the 2011 count Gadbanja is the 151st largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 268.31 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1014.

Getting to Gadbanja

Gadbanja is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gadbanja 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gadbanja from other places

Gadbanja lies about 49 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 41 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 Gadbanja
Tehsil headquarters Chhuikhadan 5.1 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 13 km
Nearest railway station Jatkanhar 41 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 49 km

Villages closest to Gadbanja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gadbanja village had a population of 355. That makes it the 151st largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Gadbanja village has 165 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gadbanja has about 1152 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Gadbanja is 491885. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gadbanja covers 268.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gadbanja falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gadbanja is Jatkanhar, about 41 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 km distance for Gadbanja.

Gadbanja is about 49 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gadbanja is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuikhadan is about 5.1 km away. Khairāgarh is about 13 km away. Jatkanhar is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hatbanja (under 2 km), Birutola (under 2 km) and Chhindari (2.8 km).

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

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