About Gondawa Village

Gondawa is a large village in Colonelganj tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,136, made up of 1,161 males and 975 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309.88 hectares hectares.

Gondawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gondawa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gonda
Tehsil	Colonelganj
Area (hectares)	309.88 hectares
Population	2,136
Male Population	1,161
Female Population	975
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	840
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 Gondawa compares

By the 2011 count Gondawa is the 147th largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents. Its 309.88 hectares work out to about 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Gondawa

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

Gondawa lies about 29 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Colonelganj, about 9.7 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 Gondawa
Nearest railway station	Colonelganj	9.7 km
District headquarters	Gonda	29 km

Villages closest to Gondawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gondawa village had a population of 2,136. That makes it the 147th largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents.

Gondawa village has 1,161 males and 975 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gondawa has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Gondawa covers 309.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gondawa falls under Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gondawa is Colonelganj, about 9.7 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 Gondawa.

Gondawa is about 29 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gondawa is in Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district. Colonelganj is about 9.7 km away. Gonda is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.