About Gawandgaon Village

Gawandgaon is a large village in Patur tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,588, made up of 1,440 males and 1,148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 797 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1231.35 hectares hectares.

Gawandgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawandgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Akola
Tehsil	Patur
Area (hectares)	1231.35 hectares
Population	2,588
Male Population	1,440
Female Population	1,148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	797
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gawandgaon compares

By the 2011 count Gawandgaon is the 11th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,368 residents. Its 1231.35 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 924.

Getting to Gawandgaon

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

Gawandgaon lies about 40 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Amanwadi, about 30 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 Gawandgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Patur	17 km
Nearest town	Pātūr	17 km
Nearest railway station	Amanwadi	30 km
District headquarters	Akola	40 km

Villages closest to Gawandgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawandgaon village had a population of 2,588. That makes it the 11th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,368 residents.

Gawandgaon village has 1,440 males and 1,148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawandgaon has about 797 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Gawandgaon covers 1231.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gawandgaon falls under Patur tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gawandgaon is Amanwadi, about 30 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 Gawandgaon.

Gawandgaon is about 40 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawandgaon is in Patur tehsil of Akola district. Patur is about 17 km away. Pātūr is about 17 km away. Amanwadi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.