About Gurwandi Village

Gurwandi is a small village in Durgkondal tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 124 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 493.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494771, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurwandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurwandi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Durgkondal
Pincode	494771
Area (hectares)	493.13 hectares
Population	260
Male Population	124
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,097
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurwandi compares

By the 2011 count Gurwandi is the 98th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 493.13 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1009.

Getting to Gurwandi

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

Gurwandi lies about 13 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 27 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 Gurwandi
Tehsil headquarters	Durgkondal	13 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	13 km
Nearest town	Kānker	19 km
Nearest railway station	Gudum	27 km

Villages closest to Gurwandi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurwandi village had a population of 260. That makes it the 98th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Gurwandi village has 124 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurwandi has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Gurwandi is 494771. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurwandi covers 493.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gurwandi falls under Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gurwandi is Gudum, about 27 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 Gurwandi.

Gurwandi is about 13 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurwandi is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Durgkondal is about 13 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 13 km away. Kānker is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.