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About Gadabhawar Village

Gadabhawar is a small village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 297, made up of 147 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gadabhawar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gadabhawar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargarh
Pincode 491445
Area (hectares) 139.3 hectares
Population 297
Male Population 147
Female Population 150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gadabhawar compares

By the 2011 count Gadabhawar is the 148th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 139.3 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Gadabhawar

Gadabhawar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gadabhawar 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gadabhawar from other places

Gadabhawar lies about 17 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Musra, about 3.8 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 Gadabhawar
Nearest railway station Musra 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Dongargarh 14 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 17 km

Villages closest to Gadabhawar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gadabhawar village had a population of 297. That makes it the 148th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Gadabhawar village has 147 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gadabhawar has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Gadabhawar is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gadabhawar covers 139.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gadabhawar falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gadabhawar is Musra, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gadabhawar.

Gadabhawar is about 17 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gadabhawar is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Musra is about 3.8 km away. Dongargarh is about 14 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saltikri (2.0 km), Thekewa (2.1 km) and Chhipa (2.3 km).

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

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