About Gaundhala Village

Gaundhala is a mid sized village in Risod tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,248, made up of 664 males and 584 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 922.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 444504, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaundhala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaundhala village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Risod
Pincode	444504
Area (hectares)	922.28 hectares
Population	1,248
Male Population	664
Female Population	584
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaundhala compares

By the 2011 count Gaundhala is the 64th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 922.28 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 922.

Getting to Gaundhala

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

Gaundhala lies about 47 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Kekatumar, about 45 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 Gaundhala
Nearest town	Mehkar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Risod	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kekatumar	45 km
District headquarters	Washim	47 km

Villages closest to Gaundhala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaundhala village had a population of 1,248. That makes it the 64th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Gaundhala village has 664 males and 584 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaundhala has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Gaundhala is 444504. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaundhala covers 922.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gaundhala falls under Risod tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gaundhala is Kekatumar, about 45 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 Gaundhala.

Gaundhala is about 47 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaundhala is in Risod tehsil of Washim district. Mehkar is about 13 km away. Risod is about 18 km away. Kekatumar is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.