About Gavan Village

Gavan is a mid sized village in Chikodi tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,700, made up of 989 males and 711 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 719 females per 1000 males. The village covers 501.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591237, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gavan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gavan village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Chikodi
Pincode	591237
Area (hectares)	501.02 hectares
Population	1,700
Male Population	989
Female Population	711
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	719
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gavan compares

By the 2011 count Gavan is the 87th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,865 residents. Its 501.02 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Gavan

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

Gavan lies about 59 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Bagewadi, about 38 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 Gavan
Nearest town	Nipāni	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chikodi	20 km
Nearest railway station	Bagewadi	38 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	59 km

Villages closest to Gavan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gavan village had a population of 1,700. That makes it the 87th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,865 residents.

Gavan village has 989 males and 711 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gavan has about 719 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Gavan is 591237. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gavan covers 501.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gavan falls under Chikodi tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gavan is Bagewadi, about 38 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gavan.

Gavan is about 59 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gavan is in Chikodi tehsil of Belgaum district. Nipāni is about 4.1 km away. Chikodi is about 20 km away. Bagewadi is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.