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About Gado Village

Gado is a mid sized village in Bhuj tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 820, made up of 430 males and 390 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 829.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370020, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gado Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gado village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Kachchh
Tehsil Bhuj
Pincode 370020
Area (hectares) 829.3 hectares
Population 820
Male Population 430
Female Population 390
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 907
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gado compares

By the 2011 count Gado is the 78th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents. Its 829.3 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Gado

Gado is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gado as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gado from other places

Gado lies about 2.0 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Madhapar Road, about 3.3 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 Gado
District headquarters Kachchh 2.0 km
Nearest railway station Madhapar Road 3.3 km
Nearest town Madhapar 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhuj 7.3 km

Villages closest to Gado

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gado village had a population of 820. That makes it the 78th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents.

Gado village has 430 males and 390 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gado has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Gado is 370020. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gado covers 829.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gado falls under Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Gado is Madhapar Road, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gado.

Gado is about 2.0 km from Kachchh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gado is in Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district. Kachchh is about 2.0 km away. Madhapar Road is about 3.3 km away. Madhapar is about 4.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Traya (2.8 km), Bhujodi (3.0 km) and Nava Vas (3.6 km).

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

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