About Gorbal Village

Gorbal is a large village in Hungund tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,510, made up of 1,236 males and 1,274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 583.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorbal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorbal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bagalkot
Tehsil	Hungund
Pincode	587154
Area (hectares)	583.63 hectares
Population	2,510
Male Population	1,236
Female Population	1,274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gorbal compares

By the 2011 count Gorbal is the 15th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents. Its 583.63 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Gorbal

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

Gorbal lies about 51 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Linganabandi, about 31 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 Gorbal
Nearest town	Ilkal	2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hungund	12 km
Nearest railway station	Linganabandi	31 km
District headquarters	Bagalkot	51 km

Villages closest to Gorbal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorbal village had a population of 2,510. That makes it the 15th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,267 residents.

Gorbal village has 1,236 males and 1,274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorbal has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Gorbal is 587154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorbal covers 583.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gorbal falls under Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gorbal is Linganabandi, about 31 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 Gorbal.

Gorbal is about 51 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorbal is in Hungund tehsil of Bagalkot district. Ilkal is about 2.2 km away. Hungund is about 12 km away. Linganabandi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.