About Gandhigram Village

Gandhigram is a mid sized village in Akola tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,667, made up of 863 males and 804 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 570.12 hectares hectares.

Gandhigram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandhigram village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Akola
Tehsil	Akola
Area (hectares)	570.12 hectares
Population	1,667
Male Population	863
Female Population	804
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandhigram compares

By the 2011 count Gandhigram is the 37th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents. Its 570.12 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Gandhigram

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

Gandhigram lies about 17 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Gandhi Smrak Road, about 3.0 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 Gandhigram
Nearest railway station	Gandhi Smrak Road	3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akola	17 km
Nearest town	Umbri	17 km

Villages closest to Gandhigram

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandhigram village had a population of 1,667. That makes it the 37th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents.

Gandhigram village has 863 males and 804 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandhigram has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Gandhigram covers 570.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gandhigram falls under Akola tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gandhigram is Gandhi Smrak Road, about 3.0 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 10+ km distance for Gandhigram.

Gandhigram is about 17 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandhigram is in Akola tehsil of Akola district. Gandhi Smrak Road is about 3.0 km away. Akola is about 17 km away. Umbri is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.