About Gandher Village

Gandher is a mid sized village in Bhuj tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 537, made up of 265 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1712.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370620, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandher Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandher village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Kachchh
Tehsil	Bhuj
Pincode	370620
Area (hectares)	1712.18 hectares
Population	537
Male Population	265
Female Population	272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandher compares

By the 2011 count Gandher is the 98th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents. Its 1712.18 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 966.

Getting to Gandher

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

Gandher lies about 17 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Ratnal, about 4.9 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 Gandher
Nearest railway station	Ratnal	4.9 km
District headquarters	Kachchh	17 km
Nearest town	Anjār	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhuj	22 km

Villages closest to Gandher

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.

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Common questions about Gandher

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandher village had a population of 537. That makes it the 98th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents.

Gandher village has 265 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandher has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Gandher is 370620. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandher covers 1712.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gandher falls under Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Gandher is Ratnal, about 4.9 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gandher.

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

Gandher is in Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district. Ratnal is about 4.9 km away. Kachchh is about 17 km away. Anjār is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.