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About Gandhinagar Village

Gandhinagar is a mid sized village in Digras tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,192, made up of 629 males and 563 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1307 hectares hectares.

Gandhinagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandhinagar village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Digras
Area (hectares) 1307 hectares
Population 1,192
Male Population 629
Female Population 563
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandhinagar compares

By the 2011 count Gandhinagar is the 35th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,423 residents. Its 1307 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 936.

Getting to Gandhinagar

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

Gandhinagar lies about 52 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Bhandegaon, about 17 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 Gandhinagar
Tehsil headquarters Digras 11 km
Nearest railway station Bhandegaon 17 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 52 km

Villages closest to Gandhinagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandhinagar village had a population of 1,192. That makes it the 35th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,423 residents.

Gandhinagar village has 629 males and 563 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandhinagar has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Gandhinagar covers 1307 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gandhinagar falls under Digras tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gandhinagar is Bhandegaon, about 17 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 Gandhinagar.

Gandhinagar is about 52 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandhinagar is in Digras tehsil of Yavatmal district. Digras is about 11 km away. Bhandegaon is about 17 km away. Yavatmal is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harsul (under 2 km), Morkhed (2.5 km) and Lingi (2.6 km).

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

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