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About Gonteli Village

Gonteli is a mid sized village in Satari tehsil, in the district of North Goa, Goa. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,634, made up of 804 males and 830 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 403505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gonteli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gonteli village
Description Value
State Goa
District North Goa
Tehsil Satari
Pincode 403505
Area (hectares) 280.85 hectares
Population 1,634
Male Population 804
Female Population 830
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,032
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gonteli compares

By the 2011 count Gonteli is the 7th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 696 residents. Its 280.85 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Gonteli

Gonteli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gonteli 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gonteli from other places

Gonteli lies about 9.7 km from North Goa, and the nearest railway station is Karmali, about 19 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 Gonteli
Tehsil headquarters Satari 9.7 km
District headquarters North Goa 9.7 km
Nearest railway station Karmali 19 km
Nearest town Ponda 23 km

Villages closest to Gonteli

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

Common questions about Gonteli

As per the Census of India 2011, Gonteli village had a population of 1,634. That makes it the 7th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 696 residents.

Gonteli village has 804 males and 830 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gonteli has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Gonteli is 403505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gonteli covers 280.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gonteli falls under Satari tehsil of North Goa district in Goa.

The nearest railway station to Gonteli is Karmali, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gonteli.

Gonteli is about 9.7 km from North Goa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gonteli is in Satari tehsil of North Goa district. Satari is about 9.7 km away. North Goa is about 9.7 km away. Karmali is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anjunem (under 2 km), Siroli (2.1 km) and Ravona (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gonteli today is likely to be higher.

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