About Gandkeda Village

Gandkeda is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 147, made up of 68 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,162 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandkeda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandkeda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	96.45 hectares
Population	147
Male Population	68
Female Population	79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,162
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 Gandkeda compares

By the 2011 count Gandkeda is the 166th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 96.45 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1007.

Getting to Gandkeda

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

Gandkeda lies about 52 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 26 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 Gandkeda
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	15 km
Nearest railway station	Pakra	26 km
Nearest town	Khunti	32 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	52 km

Villages closest to Gandkeda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandkeda village had a population of 147. That makes it the 166th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Gandkeda village has 68 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandkeda has about 1162 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Gandkeda is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandkeda covers 96.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gandkeda falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gandkeda is Pakra, about 26 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 Gandkeda.

Gandkeda is about 52 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandkeda is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 15 km away. Pakra is about 26 km away. Khunti is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.