About Gajakhola Village

Gajakhola is a small village in Sadar tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 182, made up of 81 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,247 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gajakhola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajakhola village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Tehsil	Sadar
Pincode	766001
Area (hectares)	69 hectares
Population	182
Male Population	81
Female Population	101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,247
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gajakhola compares

By the 2011 count Gajakhola is the 183rd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 501 residents. Its 69 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Gajakhola

Gajakhola is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gajakhola as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gajakhola from other places

Gajakhola lies about 13 km from Kalahandi, and the nearest railway station is Nayagarh Town, about 11 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 Gajakhola
Nearest railway station	Nayagarh Town	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sadar	13 km
District headquarters	Kalahandi	13 km
Nearest town	Khordha	52 km

Villages closest to Gajakhola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajakhola village had a population of 182. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 501 residents.

Gajakhola village has 81 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajakhola has about 1247 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Gajakhola is 766001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gajakhola covers 69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gajakhola falls under Sadar tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Gajakhola is Nayagarh Town, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gajakhola.

Gajakhola is about 13 km from Kalahandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajakhola is in Sadar tehsil of Kalahandi district. Nayagarh Town is about 11 km away. Sadar is about 13 km away. Kalahandi is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.