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About Gowahi Village

Gowahi is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 95, made up of 40 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,375 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gowahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gowahi village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 173219
Area (hectares) 70.52 hectares
Population 95
Male Population 40
Female Population 55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,375
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gowahi compares

By the 2011 count Gowahi is the 250th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 70.52 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Gowahi

Gowahi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gowahi 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gowahi from other places

Gowahi 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
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 20 km
District headquarters Shimla 20 km

Villages closest to Gowahi

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.

Common questions about Gowahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Gowahi village had a population of 95. That makes it the 250th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Gowahi village has 40 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gowahi has about 1375 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Gowahi is 173219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gowahi covers 70.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Gowahi notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

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

Gowahi 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 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.

The closest recorded villages are Gowahi Kalan (under 2 km), Gowahi Khurd (under 2 km) and Bhont (1.7 km).

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

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