About Gawandhala Village

Gawandhala is a mid sized village in Mehkar tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 507, made up of 273 males and 234 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 276.31 hectares hectares.

Gawandhala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawandhala village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Mehkar
Area (hectares)	276.31 hectares
Population	507
Male Population	273
Female Population	234
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gawandhala compares

By the 2011 count Gawandhala is the 118th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 276.31 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Gawandhala

Gawandhala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gawandhala as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gawandhala from other places

Gawandhala lies about 54 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Jaulka, about 54 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 Gawandhala
Tehsil headquarters	Mehkar	5.5 km
District headquarters	Buldana	54 km
Nearest railway station	Jaulka	54 km

Villages closest to Gawandhala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawandhala village had a population of 507. That makes it the 118th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Gawandhala village has 273 males and 234 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawandhala has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Gawandhala covers 276.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gawandhala falls under Mehkar tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gawandhala is Jaulka, about 54 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gawandhala.

Gawandhala is about 54 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawandhala is in Mehkar tehsil of Buldana district. Mehkar is about 5.5 km away. Buldana is about 54 km away. Jaulka is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.