About Gowai Village

Gowai is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 293, made up of 142 males and 151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gowai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gowai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	163 hectares
Population	293
Male Population	142
Female Population	151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gowai compares

By the 2011 count Gowai is the 100th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 163 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1007.

Getting to Gowai

Gowai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gowai as Available within 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 Gowai from other places

Gowai lies about 32 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 24 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 Gowai
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	13 km
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	24 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	32 km

Villages closest to Gowai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gowai village had a population of 293. That makes it the 100th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Gowai village has 142 males and 151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gowai has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Gowai is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gowai covers 163 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gowai falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gowai is Chakradharpur, about 24 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gowai.

Gowai is about 32 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gowai is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 13 km away. Chakradharpur is about 24 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.