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About Gowthahalli Village

Gowthahalli is a mid sized village in Mudigere tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 528, made up of 250 males and 278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,112 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gowthahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gowthahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chikmagalur
Tehsil Mudigere
Pincode 577132
Area (hectares) 313.54 hectares
Population 528
Male Population 250
Female Population 278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,112
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gowthahalli compares

By the 2011 count Gowthahalli is the 66th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 313.54 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1042.

Getting to Gowthahalli

Gowthahalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gowthahalli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Gowthahalli from other places

Gowthahalli lies about 39 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Donigal, about 26 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 Gowthahalli
Tehsil headquarters Mudigere 14 km
Nearest railway station Donigal 26 km
Nearest town Sakleshpur 28 km
District headquarters Chikmagalur 39 km

Villages closest to Gowthahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gowthahalli village had a population of 528. That makes it the 66th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Gowthahalli village has 250 males and 278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gowthahalli has about 1112 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Gowthahalli is 577132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gowthahalli covers 313.54 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.

Gowthahalli falls under Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gowthahalli is Donigal, about 26 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 km distance for Gowthahalli.

Gowthahalli is about 39 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gowthahalli is in Mudigere tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Mudigere is about 14 km away. Donigal is about 26 km away. Sakleshpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghattadahalli (under 2 km), Gutti (under 2 km) and Mularahalli (1.8 km).

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

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