# Gandhiya Village, Jaisinghnagar, Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Jaisinghnagar, Shahdol 

# Gandhiya

Gandhiya is a village in Jaisinghnagar sub-district of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,660 people in 447 households**, the 35th largest of 199 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 1,660people (2011)
- 447households
- 67.3%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Gandhiya PIN code and other codes

Gandhiya falls in Jaisinghnagar sub-district, Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockJaisinghnagar
- Census village code501216

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Gandhiya from nearby towns?

- Jaisinghnagar (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Shahdol (district HQ)62 km by road
- Jaisinghnagar (nearest town)20 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Gandhiya?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Gandhiya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Amjhor
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shahdol
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gandhiya known for?

About 59% of the 684 hectares of village land is sown, and 29 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Gandhiya

Of every 100 households in Gandhiya in 2011, 54 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gandhiya · ■ Jaisinghnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****77%**

**62%

Television ****11%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gandhiya?

■ Gandhiya · ■ Jaisinghnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**987

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1127**

**957

Working population ****52.3%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 54.4% for women. 56% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 90 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (10%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 56 (6%) · **■** Marginal 625 (72%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Jaisinghnagar

- Tetka1,686 people
- Semra1,678 people
- Deora1,673 people
- Chandela1,664 people
- Chhuda1,571 people
- Daraudi1,564 people
- Banchachar1,544 people
- Kauwa Sarai1,536 people

[All 204 villages in Jaisinghnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/shahdol/jaisinghnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gandhiya from Shahdol?62 km by road
- What is the population of Gandhiya?1,660 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gandhiya in?Shahdol district (Jaisinghnagar sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gandhiya?67.3% (Census 2011)