About Gorat Bangotu Village

Gorat Bangotu is a small village in Sihunta tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 243, made up of 132 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 204.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorat Bangotu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorat Bangotu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Sihunta
Pincode	176209
Area (hectares)	204.57 hectares
Population	243
Male Population	132
Female Population	111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	841
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gorat Bangotu compares

By the 2011 count Gorat Bangotu is the 58th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 498 residents. Its 204.57 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1021.

Getting to Gorat Bangotu

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

Gorat Bangotu lies about 32 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, 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 Gorat Bangotu
Tehsil headquarters	Sihunta	6.0 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	18 km
Nearest railway station	Jawanwala Shahr	19 km
District headquarters	Chamba	32 km

Villages closest to Gorat Bangotu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sihunta 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 Gorat Bangotu

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorat Bangotu village had a population of 243. That makes it the 58th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 498 residents.

Gorat Bangotu village has 132 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorat Bangotu has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Gorat Bangotu is 176209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorat Bangotu covers 204.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gorat Bangotu falls under Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gorat Bangotu is Jawanwala Shahr, about 19 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 Gorat Bangotu.

Gorat Bangotu is about 32 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorat Bangotu is in Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district. Sihunta is about 6.0 km away. Dharamsala is about 18 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.