About Gawanpur Village

Gawanpur is a small village in Chandwara tehsil, in the district of Kodarma, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 391, made up of 219 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 785 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825409, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawanpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Kodarma
Tehsil	Chandwara
Pincode	825409
Area (hectares)	29 hectares
Population	391
Male Population	219
Female Population	172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	785
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 Gawanpur compares

By the 2011 count Gawanpur is the 55th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,132 residents. Its 29 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Gawanpur

Gawanpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gawanpur 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 Gawanpur from other places

Gawanpur lies about 9.0 km from Kodarma, and the nearest railway station is Pipradih, about 5.5 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 Gawanpur
Nearest railway station	Pipradih	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandwara	6.6 km
District headquarters	Kodarma	9.0 km
Nearest town	Jhumri Telaiya	9.0 km

Villages closest to Gawanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawanpur village had a population of 391. That makes it the 55th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,132 residents.

Gawanpur village has 219 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawanpur has about 785 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Gawanpur is 825409. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawanpur covers 29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gawanpur falls under Chandwara tehsil of Kodarma district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gawanpur is Pipradih, about 5.5 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 Gawanpur.

Gawanpur is about 9.0 km from Kodarma in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawanpur is in Chandwara tehsil of Kodarma district. Pipradih is about 5.5 km away. Chandwara is about 6.6 km away. Kodarma is about 9.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.