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About Gandhanwadi Village

Gandhanwadi is a small village in Ashti tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 447, made up of 235 males and 212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 225.87 hectares hectares.

Gandhanwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandhanwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Ashti
Area (hectares) 225.87 hectares
Population 447
Male Population 235
Female Population 212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 902
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandhanwadi compares

By the 2011 count Gandhanwadi is the 153rd largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents. Its 225.87 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Gandhanwadi

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

Gandhanwadi lies about 77 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Satuna, about 7.2 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 Gandhanwadi
Nearest railway station Satuna 7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Ashti 12 km
Nearest town Selu 15 km
District headquarters Bid 77 km

Villages closest to Gandhanwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandhanwadi village had a population of 447. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,345 residents.

Gandhanwadi village has 235 males and 212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandhanwadi has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

Gandhanwadi covers 225.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gandhanwadi falls under Ashti tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gandhanwadi is Satuna, about 7.2 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 Gandhanwadi.

Gandhanwadi is about 77 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandhanwadi is in Ashti tehsil of Bid district. Satuna is about 7.2 km away. Ashti is about 12 km away. Selu is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jalgaon (7.7 km), Deolali (8.2 km) and Suleman Deola (8.2 km).

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

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