About Gargavhan Village

Gargavhan is a mid sized village in Hadgaon tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,226, made up of 616 males and 610 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 669.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431712, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gargavhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gargavhan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
Tehsil	Hadgaon
Pincode	431712
Area (hectares)	669.45 hectares
Population	1,226
Male Population	616
Female Population	610
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gargavhan compares

By the 2011 count Gargavhan is the 70th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,561 residents. Its 669.45 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 935.

Getting to Gargavhan

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

Gargavhan lies about 45 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Hadgaon Road, about 21 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 Gargavhan
Tehsil headquarters	Hadgaon	7.8 km
Nearest town	Hadgāon	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Hadgaon Road	21 km
District headquarters	Nanded	45 km

Villages closest to Gargavhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gargavhan village had a population of 1,226. That makes it the 70th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,561 residents.

Gargavhan village has 616 males and 610 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gargavhan has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Gargavhan is 431712. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gargavhan covers 669.45 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.

Gargavhan falls under Hadgaon tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gargavhan is Hadgaon Road, about 21 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 Gargavhan.

Gargavhan is about 45 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gargavhan is in Hadgaon tehsil of Nanded district. Hadgaon is about 7.8 km away. Hadgāon is about 7.8 km away. Hadgaon Road is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.