About Grandhi Village

Grandhi is a large village in Kolayat tehsil, in the district of Bikaner, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,336, made up of 1,224 males and 1,112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14378.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 334303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Grandhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Grandhi village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Bikaner
Tehsil	Kolayat
Pincode	334303
Area (hectares)	14378.12 hectares
Population	2,336
Male Population	1,224
Female Population	1,112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Grandhi compares

By the 2011 count Grandhi is the 32nd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,206 residents. Its 14378.12 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Grandhi

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

Grandhi lies about 17 km from Bikaner, and the nearest railway station is Nal, about 7.0 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 Grandhi
Nearest railway station	Nal	7.0 km
District headquarters	Bikaner	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kolayat	29 km

Villages closest to Grandhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Grandhi village had a population of 2,336. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,206 residents.

Grandhi village has 1,224 males and 1,112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Grandhi has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Grandhi is 334303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Grandhi covers 14378.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Grandhi falls under Kolayat tehsil of Bikaner district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Grandhi is Nal, about 7.0 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 village for Grandhi.

Grandhi is about 17 km from Bikaner in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Grandhi is in Kolayat tehsil of Bikaner district. Nal is about 7.0 km away. Bikaner is about 17 km away. Kolayat is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.