About Ghose Village

Ghose is a small village in Khanapur tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 283, made up of 147 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 633.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghose Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghose village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Khanapur
Pincode	591120
Area (hectares)	633.4 hectares
Population	283
Male Population	147
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghose compares

By the 2011 count Ghose is the 181st largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents. Its 633.4 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 981.

Getting to Ghose

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

Ghose lies about 30 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Khanapur, about 23 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 Ghose
Nearest railway station	Khanapur	23 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	30 km
Nearest town	Belagavi	30 km

Villages closest to Ghose

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghose village had a population of 283. That makes it the 181st largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents.

Ghose village has 147 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghose has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Ghose is 591120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghose covers 633.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghose falls under Khanapur tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Ghose is Khanapur, about 23 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 Ghose.

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

Ghose is in Khanapur tehsil of Belgaum district. Khanapur is about 23 km away. Belgaum is about 30 km away. Belagavi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.