About Gadgabhandum Village

Gadgabhandum is a small village in Chikhaldara tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 440, made up of 225 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 362.72 hectares hectares.

Gadgabhandum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gadgabhandum village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Amravati
Tehsil	Chikhaldara
Area (hectares)	362.72 hectares
Population	440
Male Population	225
Female Population	215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gadgabhandum compares

By the 2011 count Gadgabhandum is the 104th largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 718 residents. Its 362.72 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Gadgabhandum

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

Gadgabhandum lies about 94 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Hiwarkhed, about 31 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 Gadgabhandum
Nearest railway station	Hiwarkhed	31 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chikhaldara	31 km
Nearest town	Akot	38 km
District headquarters	Amravati	94 km

Villages closest to Gadgabhandum

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gadgabhandum village had a population of 440. That makes it the 104th largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 718 residents.

Gadgabhandum village has 225 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gadgabhandum has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Gadgabhandum covers 362.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gadgabhandum falls under Chikhaldara tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gadgabhandum is Hiwarkhed, about 31 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 Gadgabhandum.

Gadgabhandum is about 94 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gadgabhandum is in Chikhaldara tehsil of Amravati district. Hiwarkhed is about 31 km away. Chikhaldara is about 31 km away. Akot is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.