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About Gokare Village

Gokare is a mid sized village in Devanahalli tehsil, in the district of Bangalore Rural, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,066, made up of 573 males and 493 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 377.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gokare Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gokare village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bangalore Rural
Tehsil Devanahalli
Pincode 562110
Area (hectares) 377.12 hectares
Population 1,066
Male Population 573
Female Population 493
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gokare compares

By the 2011 count Gokare is the 44th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 377.12 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Gokare

Gokare is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gokare 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gokare from other places

Gokare lies about 18 km from Bangalore Rural. 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 Gokare
Tehsil headquarters Devanahalli 3.1 km
District headquarters Bangalore Rural 18 km

Villages closest to Gokare

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gokare village had a population of 1,066. That makes it the 44th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Gokare village has 573 males and 493 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gokare has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Gokare is 562110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gokare covers 377.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gokare falls under Devanahalli tehsil of Bangalore Rural district in Karnataka.

The census record for Gokare notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gokare.

Gokare is about 18 km from Bangalore Rural in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gokare is in Devanahalli tehsil of Bangalore Rural district. Devanahalli is about 3.1 km away. Bangalore Rural is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gokere Bachenahalli (under 2 km), Thammenahalli (under 2 km) and Binnamangala (under 2 km).

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

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