About Gorta Village

Gorta is a large village in Basavakalyan tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,144, made up of 1,599 males and 1,545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1827.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585327, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorta village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Tehsil	Basavakalyan
Pincode	585327
Area (hectares)	1827.06 hectares
Population	3,144
Male Population	1,599
Female Population	1,545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gorta compares

By the 2011 count Gorta is the 27th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents. Its 1827.06 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Gorta

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

Gorta lies about 47 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Bhalki, about 19 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 Gorta
Tehsil headquarters	Basavakalyan	16 km
Nearest railway station	Bhalki	19 km
District headquarters	Bidar	47 km

Villages closest to Gorta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorta village had a population of 3,144. That makes it the 27th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents.

Gorta village has 1,599 males and 1,545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorta has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Gorta is 585327. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorta covers 1827.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gorta falls under Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gorta is Bhalki, about 19 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 Gorta.

Gorta is about 47 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorta is in Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district. Basavakalyan is about 16 km away. Bhalki is about 19 km away. Bidar is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.