About Gorwali Village

Gorwali is a mid sized village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 919, made up of 479 males and 440 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorwali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorwali village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	277.21 hectares
Population	919
Male Population	479
Female Population	440
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gorwali compares

By the 2011 count Gorwali is the 63rd largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 277.21 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 962.

Getting to Gorwali

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

Gorwali lies about 21 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 47 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 Gorwali
Nearest town	Sherghāti	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	21 km
District headquarters	Chatra	21 km
Nearest railway station	Guraru	47 km

Villages closest to Gorwali

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Gorwali

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorwali village had a population of 919. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Gorwali village has 479 males and 440 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorwali has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Gorwali is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorwali covers 277.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gorwali falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gorwali is Guraru, about 47 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gorwali.

Gorwali is about 21 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorwali is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Sherghāti is about 19 km away. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 21 km away. Chatra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.