About Gargadbahal Village

Gargadbahal is a mid sized village in Turekela tehsil, in the district of Balangir, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 546, made up of 247 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,211 females per 1000 males. The village covers 504 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 767038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gargadbahal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gargadbahal village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Balangir
Tehsil	Turekela
Pincode	767038
Area (hectares)	504 hectares
Population	546
Male Population	247
Female Population	299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,211
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 Gargadbahal compares

By the 2011 count Gargadbahal is the 30th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 696 residents. Its 504 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Gargadbahal

Gargadbahal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gargadbahal 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 Gargadbahal from other places

Gargadbahal lies about 88 km from Balangir, and the nearest railway station is Lakhna, about 5.1 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 Gargadbahal
Nearest railway station	Lakhna	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Turekela	26 km
Nearest town	Kantābānji	38 km
District headquarters	Balangir	88 km

Villages closest to Gargadbahal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gargadbahal village had a population of 546. That makes it the 30th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 696 residents.

Gargadbahal village has 247 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gargadbahal has about 1211 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Gargadbahal is 767038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gargadbahal covers 504 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gargadbahal falls under Turekela tehsil of Balangir district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Gargadbahal is Lakhna, about 5.1 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 Gargadbahal.

Gargadbahal is about 88 km from Balangir in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gargadbahal is in Turekela tehsil of Balangir district. Lakhna is about 5.1 km away. Turekela is about 26 km away. Kantābānji is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.