About Gandhaniya Village

Gandhaniya is a mid sized village in Ghatshila tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 697, made up of 336 males and 361 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.16 hectares hectares.

Gandhaniya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandhaniya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Ghatshila
Area (hectares)	135.16 hectares
Population	697
Male Population	336
Female Population	361
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,074
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandhaniya compares

By the 2011 count Gandhaniya is the 43rd largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 596 residents. Its 135.16 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Gandhaniya

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

Gandhaniya lies about 15 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Ghatsila, about 13 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 Gandhaniya
Nearest railway station	Ghatsila	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghatshila	13 km
Nearest town	Ghātsīla	13 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	15 km

Villages closest to Gandhaniya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandhaniya village had a population of 697. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 596 residents.

Gandhaniya village has 336 males and 361 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandhaniya has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Gandhaniya covers 135.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gandhaniya falls under Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gandhaniya is Ghatsila, about 13 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 Gandhaniya.

Gandhaniya is about 15 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandhaniya is in Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Ghatsila is about 13 km away. Ghatshila is about 13 km away. Ghātsīla is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.