About Gondwar Village

Gondwar is a mid sized village in Churchu tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 670, made up of 342 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1187.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825326, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gondwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gondwar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Churchu
Pincode	825326
Area (hectares)	1187.17 hectares
Population	670
Male Population	342
Female Population	328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gondwar compares

By the 2011 count Gondwar is the 25th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents. Its 1187.17 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 a little below the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Gondwar

Gondwar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gondwar as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gondwar from other places

Gondwar lies about 20 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Charhi, about 11 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 Gondwar
Nearest railway station	Charhi	11 km
Nearest town	Kuju	19 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Churchu	21 km

Villages closest to Gondwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gondwar village had a population of 670. That makes it the 25th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents.

Gondwar village has 342 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gondwar has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Gondwar is 825326. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gondwar covers 1187.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gondwar falls under Churchu tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gondwar is Charhi, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gondwar.

Gondwar is about 20 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gondwar is in Churchu tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Charhi is about 11 km away. Kuju is about 19 km away. Hazaribagh is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.