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About Gonal Village

Gonal is a mid sized village in Badami tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 798, made up of 416 males and 382 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 412.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gonal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gonal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bagalkot
Tehsil Badami
Pincode 587201
Area (hectares) 412.98 hectares
Population 798
Male Population 416
Female Population 382
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gonal compares

By the 2011 count Gonal is the 117th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents. Its 412.98 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 998.

Getting to Gonal

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

Gonal lies about 30 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Yaragoppa, about 15 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 Gonal
Tehsil headquarters Badami 12 km
Nearest town Bādāmi 12 km
Nearest railway station Yaragoppa 15 km
District headquarters Bagalkot 30 km

Villages closest to Gonal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gonal village had a population of 798. That makes it the 117th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents.

Gonal village has 416 males and 382 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gonal has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 998.

The pincode recorded for Gonal is 587201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gonal covers 412.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gonal falls under Badami tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gonal is Yaragoppa, about 15 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 10+ km distance for Gonal.

Gonal is about 30 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gonal is in Badami tehsil of Bagalkot district. Badami is about 12 km away. Bādāmi is about 12 km away. Yaragoppa is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bachinagudd (under 2 km), Shirabadagi (under 2 km) and Bhadra Nayakan Jalihal (2.2 km).

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

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