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About Golbhavi Village

Golbhavi is one of the larger villages in Jamkhandi tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,099, made up of 2,538 males and 2,561 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 920.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Golbhavi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Golbhavi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bagalkot
Tehsil Jamkhandi
Pincode 587315
Area (hectares) 920.59 hectares
Population 5,099
Male Population 2,538
Female Population 2,561
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Golbhavi compares

By the 2011 count Golbhavi is the 22nd largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 4,202 residents. Its 920.59 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Golbhavi

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

Golbhavi lies about 76 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Chinchli, 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 Golbhavi
Nearest town Terdāl 4.0 km
Nearest railway station Chinchli 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Jamkhandi 27 km
District headquarters Bagalkot 76 km

Villages closest to Golbhavi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Golbhavi village had a population of 5,099. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,202 residents.

Golbhavi village has 2,538 males and 2,561 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Golbhavi has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Golbhavi is 587315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Golbhavi covers 920.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Golbhavi falls under Jamkhandi tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Golbhavi is Chinchli, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Golbhavi.

Golbhavi is about 76 km from Bagalkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Golbhavi is in Jamkhandi tehsil of Bagalkot district. Terdāl is about 4.0 km away. Chinchli is about 24 km away. Jamkhandi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kaltippi (1.6 km), Yaragatti (3.7 km) and Terdal (4.0 km).

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

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