About Goverdhan Bala Village

Goverdhan Bala is a large village in Rajauri tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,064, made up of 1,088 males and 976 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 509.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goverdhan Bala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goverdhan Bala village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Rajauri
Pincode	185131
Area (hectares)	509.9 hectares
Population	2,064
Male Population	1,088
Female Population	976
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Goverdhan Bala compares

By the 2011 count Goverdhan Bala is the 23rd largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents. Its 509.9 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Goverdhan Bala

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

Goverdhan Bala lies about 9.6 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 55 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 Goverdhan Bala
Tehsil headquarters	Rajauri	9.4 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	9.4 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	55 km

Villages closest to Goverdhan Bala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajauri 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 Goverdhan Bala

As per the Census of India 2011, Goverdhan Bala village had a population of 2,064. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents.

Goverdhan Bala village has 1,088 males and 976 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goverdhan Bala has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Goverdhan Bala is 185131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goverdhan Bala covers 509.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goverdhan Bala falls under Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Goverdhan Bala is Dugga, about 55 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 5 - 10 km distance for Goverdhan Bala.

Goverdhan Bala is about 9.6 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goverdhan Bala is in Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajauri is about 9.4 km away. Rajaori is about 9.4 km away. Rajouri is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.