About Gowripuram Village

Gowripuram is a mid sized village in Balijipeta tehsil, in the district of Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 500, made up of 265 males and 235 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 535557, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gowripuram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gowripuram village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vizianagaram
Tehsil	Balijipeta
Pincode	535557
Area (hectares)	338 hectares
Population	500
Male Population	265
Female Population	235
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gowripuram compares

By the 2011 count Gowripuram is the 25th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,928 residents. Its 338 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Gowripuram

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

Gowripuram lies about 61 km from Vizianagaram, and the nearest railway station is Narsipuram Halt, about 18 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 Gowripuram
Tehsil headquarters	Balijipeta	4.2 km
Nearest railway station	Narsipuram Halt	18 km
Nearest town	Pārvatipuram	20 km
District headquarters	Vizianagaram	61 km

Villages closest to Gowripuram

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gowripuram village had a population of 500. That makes it the 25th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,928 residents.

Gowripuram village has 265 males and 235 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gowripuram has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Gowripuram is 535557. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gowripuram covers 338 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gowripuram falls under Balijipeta tehsil of Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gowripuram is Narsipuram Halt, about 18 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gowripuram.

Gowripuram is about 61 km from Vizianagaram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gowripuram is in Balijipeta tehsil of Vizianagaram district. Balijipeta is about 4.2 km away. Narsipuram Halt is about 18 km away. Pārvatipuram is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.