About Gandal Village

Gandal is a mid sized village in Hungund tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,039, made up of 553 males and 486 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 732.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bagalkot
Tehsil	Hungund
Pincode	587202
Area (hectares)	732.75 hectares
Population	1,039
Male Population	553
Female Population	486
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandal compares

By the 2011 count Gandal is the 64th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents. Its 732.75 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Gandal

Gandal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gandal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gandal from other places

Gandal lies about 45 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Linganabandi, about 28 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 Gandal
Nearest town	Gajendragarh	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hungund	23 km
Nearest railway station	Linganabandi	28 km
District headquarters	Bagalkot	45 km

Villages closest to Gandal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandal village had a population of 1,039. That makes it the 64th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents.

Gandal village has 553 males and 486 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandal has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Gandal is 587202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandal covers 732.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gandal falls under Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gandal is Linganabandi, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gandal.

Gandal is about 45 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandal is in Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district. Gajendragarh is about 15 km away. Hungund is about 23 km away. Linganabandi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.