About Gadaghat Village

Gadaghat is a small village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 379, made up of 192 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 291.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491881, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gadaghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gadaghat village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Khairagarh
Pincode	491881
Area (hectares)	291.06 hectares
Population	379
Male Population	192
Female Population	187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	974
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gadaghat compares

By the 2011 count Gadaghat is the 172nd largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 291.06 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Gadaghat

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

Gadaghat lies about 31 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 24 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 Gadaghat
Tehsil headquarters	Khairagarh	7.8 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Jatkanhar	24 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	31 km

Villages closest to Gadaghat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gadaghat village had a population of 379. That makes it the 172nd largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Gadaghat village has 192 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gadaghat has about 974 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 1027.

The pincode recorded for Gadaghat is 491881. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gadaghat covers 291.06 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.

Gadaghat falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gadaghat is Jatkanhar, about 24 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 Gadaghat.

Gadaghat is about 31 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gadaghat is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Khairagarh is about 7.8 km away. Khairāgarh is about 7.8 km away. Jatkanhar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.