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About Goli Village

Goli is a mid sized village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,088, made up of 523 males and 565 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goli village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Tehsil Dalhousie
Pincode 176306
Area (hectares) 114.57 hectares
Population 1,088
Male Population 523
Female Population 565
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,080
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Goli compares

By the 2011 count Goli is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 114.57 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Goli

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

Goli lies about 39 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Madhopur Punjab, 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 Goli
Nearest railway station Madhopur Punjab 18 km
Nearest town Sujānpur 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Dalhousie 23 km
District headquarters Chamba 39 km

Villages closest to Goli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goli village had a population of 1,088. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Goli village has 523 males and 565 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goli has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Goli is 176306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goli covers 114.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Goli falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Goli is Madhopur Punjab, 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 Goli.

Goli is about 39 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goli is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Madhopur Punjab is about 18 km away. Sujānpur is about 21 km away. Dalhousie is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basa (11 km), Surkhigala Jangal (12 km) and Frotka (12 km).

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

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