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About Gondalwada Village

Gondalwada is a mid sized village in Babai tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 836, made up of 458 males and 378 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 825 females per 1000 males. The village covers 474.46 hectares hectares.

Gondalwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gondalwada village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Babai
Area (hectares) 474.46 hectares
Population 836
Male Population 458
Female Population 378
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 825
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gondalwada compares

By the 2011 count Gondalwada is the 50th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 474.46 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 915.

Getting to Gondalwada

Gondalwada is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gondalwada as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Gondalwada from other places

Gondalwada lies about 25 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Bagratawa, about 16 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 Gondalwada
Tehsil headquarters Babai 8.8 km
Nearest railway station Bagratawa 16 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 25 km
Nearest town Sohāgpur 25 km

Villages closest to Gondalwada

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

Common questions about Gondalwada

As per the Census of India 2011, Gondalwada village had a population of 836. That makes it the 50th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Gondalwada village has 458 males and 378 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gondalwada has about 825 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Gondalwada covers 474.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gondalwada falls under Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gondalwada is Bagratawa, about 16 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gondalwada.

Gondalwada is about 25 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gondalwada is in Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Babai is about 8.8 km away. Bagratawa is about 16 km away. Hoshangabad is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malhanwada (2.0 km), Ganera (2.2 km) and Bhatwadi (2.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gondalwada today is likely to be higher.

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