About Gedi Village

Gedi is one of the larger villages in Rapar tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,855, made up of 3,014 males and 2,841 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11875.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gedi village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Kachchh
Tehsil	Rapar
Pincode	370165
Area (hectares)	11875.28 hectares
Population	5,855
Male Population	3,014
Female Population	2,841
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gedi compares

By the 2011 count Gedi is the 6th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents. Its 11875.28 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Gedi

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

Gedi lies about 116 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Padampur, 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 Gedi
Tehsil headquarters	Rapar	18 km
Nearest town	Rāpar	18 km
Nearest railway station	Padampur	24 km
District headquarters	Kachchh	116 km

Villages closest to Gedi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gedi village had a population of 5,855. That makes it the 6th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents.

Gedi village has 3,014 males and 2,841 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gedi has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Gedi is 370165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gedi covers 11875.28 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.

Gedi falls under Rapar tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Gedi is Padampur, 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gedi.

Gedi is about 116 km from Kachchh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gedi is in Rapar tehsil of Kachchh district. Rapar is about 18 km away. Rāpar is about 18 km away. Padampur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.