About Gandhi Village

Gandhi is a mid sized village in Bhinga tehsil, in the district of Shrawasti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,085, made up of 618 males and 467 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 756 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 271831, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gandhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gandhi village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shrawasti
Tehsil	Bhinga
Pincode	271831
Area (hectares)	189.75 hectares
Population	1,085
Male Population	618
Female Population	467
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	756
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 Gandhi compares

By the 2011 count Gandhi is the 218th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,333 residents. Its 189.75 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 873.

Getting to Gandhi

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

Gandhi lies about 10 km from Shrawasti, and the nearest railway station is Jharkhandi, about 32 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 Gandhi
Tehsil headquarters	Bhinga	8.2 km
District headquarters	Shrawasti	10 km
Nearest railway station	Jharkhandi	32 km

Villages closest to Gandhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gandhi village had a population of 1,085. That makes it the 218th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,333 residents.

Gandhi village has 618 males and 467 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gandhi has about 756 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 873.

The pincode recorded for Gandhi is 271831. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gandhi covers 189.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gandhi falls under Bhinga tehsil of Shrawasti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gandhi is Jharkhandi, about 32 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 Gandhi.

Gandhi is about 10 km from Shrawasti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gandhi is in Bhinga tehsil of Shrawasti district. Bhinga is about 8.2 km away. Shrawasti is about 10 km away. Jharkhandi is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.