About Gandpadar Village

Gandpadar is a small village in Sindhekela tehsil, in the district of Balangir, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 216, made up of 114 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 767033, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandpadar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandpadar village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Balangir
Tehsil	Sindhekela
Pincode	767033
Area (hectares)	172 hectares
Population	216
Male Population	114
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gandpadar compares

By the 2011 count Gandpadar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 172 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1001.

Getting to Gandpadar

Gandpadar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gandpadar as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gandpadar from other places

Gandpadar lies about 94 km from Balangir, and the nearest railway station is Kantabanji, about 31 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 Gandpadar
Tehsil headquarters	Sindhekela	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kantabanji	31 km
Nearest town	Kantābānji	31 km
District headquarters	Balangir	94 km

Villages closest to Gandpadar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandpadar village had a population of 216. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Gandpadar village has 114 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandpadar has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Gandpadar is 767033. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandpadar covers 172 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gandpadar falls under Sindhekela tehsil of Balangir district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Gandpadar is Kantabanji, about 31 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gandpadar.

Gandpadar is about 94 km from Balangir in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandpadar is in Sindhekela tehsil of Balangir district. Sindhekela is about 22 km away. Kantabanji is about 31 km away. Kantābānji is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.