About Gowahi Kalan Village

Gowahi Kalan is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 128 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gowahi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gowahi Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	49 hectares
Population	248
Male Population	128
Female Population	120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gowahi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Gowahi Kalan is the 75th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 49 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Gowahi Kalan

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

Gowahi Kalan lies about 20 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 Gowahi Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	20 km
District headquarters	Shimla	20 km

Villages closest to Gowahi Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Gowahi Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gowahi Kalan village had a population of 248. That makes it the 75th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Gowahi Kalan village has 128 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gowahi Kalan has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Gowahi Kalan is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gowahi Kalan covers 49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gowahi Kalan falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Gowahi Kalan 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 Gowahi Kalan.

Gowahi Kalan is about 20 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gowahi Kalan is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 20 km away. Shimla is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.