About Gosti Village

Gosti is a mid sized village in Thathri tehsil, in the district of Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,017, made up of 533 males and 484 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gosti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gosti village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Doda
Tehsil	Thathri
Pincode	182203
Area (hectares)	166.7 hectares
Population	1,017
Male Population	533
Female Population	484
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gosti compares

By the 2011 count Gosti is the 15th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 652 residents. Its 166.7 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Gosti

Gosti is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gosti as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gosti from other places

Gosti lies about 20 km from Doda, and the nearest railway station is Udhampur, about 59 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 Gosti
District headquarters	Doda	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thathri	23 km
Nearest railway station	Udhampur	59 km

Villages closest to Gosti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gosti village had a population of 1,017. That makes it the 15th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 652 residents.

Gosti village has 533 males and 484 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gosti has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Gosti is 182203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gosti covers 166.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gosti falls under Thathri tehsil of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gosti is Udhampur, about 59 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gosti.

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

Gosti is in Thathri tehsil of Doda district. Doda is about 20 km away. Thathri is about 23 km away. Udhampur is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.