About Kotgandi Village

Kotgandi is a small village in Mandro tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 32, made up of 16 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotgandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotgandi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Mandro
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	88.28 hectares
Population	32
Male Population	16
Female Population	16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kotgandi compares

By the 2011 count Kotgandi is the 157th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 88.28 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Kotgandi

Kotgandi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kotgandi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kotgandi from other places

Kotgandi lies about 18 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Taljhari, about 6.1 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 Kotgandi
Nearest railway station	Taljhari	6.1 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	15 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mandro	20 km

Villages closest to Kotgandi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotgandi village had a population of 32. That makes it the 157th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Kotgandi village has 16 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotgandi has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Kotgandi is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotgandi covers 88.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotgandi falls under Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kotgandi is Taljhari, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kotgandi.

Kotgandi is about 18 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotgandi is in Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district. Taljhari is about 6.1 km away. Rājmahal is about 15 km away. Sahibganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.