About Gaigaon Village

Gaigaon is a large village in Balapur tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,112, made up of 2,271 males and 1,841 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1554.4 hectares hectares.

Gaigaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaigaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Akola
Tehsil	Balapur
Area (hectares)	1554.4 hectares
Population	4,112
Male Population	2,271
Female Population	1,841
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	811
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gaigaon compares

By the 2011 count Gaigaon is the 6th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,646 residents. Its 1554.4 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 937.

Getting to Gaigaon

Gaigaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gaigaon 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gaigaon from other places

Gaigaon lies about 11 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Gaigaon, about under 2 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 Gaigaon
Nearest railway station	Gaigaon	under 2 km
District headquarters	Akola	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balapur	14 km

Villages closest to Gaigaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaigaon village had a population of 4,112. That makes it the 6th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,646 residents.

Gaigaon village has 2,271 males and 1,841 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaigaon has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Gaigaon covers 1554.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gaigaon falls under Balapur tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gaigaon is Gaigaon, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gaigaon.

Gaigaon is about 11 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaigaon is in Balapur tehsil of Akola district. Gaigaon is about under 2 km away. Akola is about 11 km away. Balapur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.