About Gandhari Village

Gandhari is a mid sized village in Lonar tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,936, made up of 976 males and 960 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1006.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 443302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandhari village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Lonar
Pincode	443302
Area (hectares)	1006.84 hectares
Population	1,936
Male Population	976
Female Population	960
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandhari compares

By the 2011 count Gandhari is the 25th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,553 residents. Its 1006.84 hectares work out to about 1.9 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, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Gandhari

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

Gandhari lies about 85 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Satuna, about 50 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 Gandhari
Tehsil headquarters	Lonar	15 km
Nearest railway station	Satuna	50 km
District headquarters	Buldana	85 km

Villages closest to Gandhari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandhari village had a population of 1,936. That makes it the 25th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,553 residents.

Gandhari village has 976 males and 960 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandhari has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Gandhari is 443302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandhari covers 1006.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gandhari falls under Lonar tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gandhari is Satuna, about 50 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 Gandhari.

Gandhari is about 85 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandhari is in Lonar tehsil of Buldana district. Lonar is about 15 km away. Satuna is about 50 km away. Buldana is about 85 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.