About Gotari Village

Gotari is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 237, made up of 128 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gotari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gotari village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	141.59 hectares
Population	237
Male Population	128
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gotari compares

By the 2011 count Gotari is the 52nd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 141.59 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 944.

Getting to Gotari

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

Gotari lies about 52 km from Shimla. 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 Gotari
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	18 km
District headquarters	Shimla	52 km

Villages closest to Gotari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gotari village had a population of 237. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Gotari village has 128 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gotari has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Gotari is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gotari covers 141.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gotari falls under Nerua tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Gotari notes the nearest railway station 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 Gotari.

Gotari is about 52 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gotari is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 18 km away. Shimla is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.