About Gandalu Village

Gandalu is a mid sized village in Chiknayakanhalli tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,174, made up of 569 males and 605 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 624.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandalu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Chiknayakanhalli
Pincode	572218
Area (hectares)	624.9 hectares
Population	1,174
Male Population	569
Female Population	605
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandalu compares

By the 2011 count Gandalu is the 43rd largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 624.9 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 997.

Getting to Gandalu

Gandalu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gandalu 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gandalu from other places

Gandalu lies about 63 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Kardi, about 40 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 Gandalu
Tehsil headquarters	Chiknayakanhalli	23 km
Nearest town	Chiknāyakanhalli	23 km
Nearest railway station	Kardi	40 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	63 km

Villages closest to Gandalu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandalu village had a population of 1,174. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Gandalu village has 569 males and 605 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandalu has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Gandalu is 572218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandalu covers 624.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gandalu falls under Chiknayakanhalli tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gandalu is Kardi, about 40 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 village for Gandalu.

Gandalu is about 63 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandalu is in Chiknayakanhalli tehsil of Tumkur district. Chiknayakanhalli is about 23 km away. Chiknāyakanhalli is about 23 km away. Kardi is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.