About Gorlathu Village

Gorlathu is a mid sized village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,453, made up of 735 males and 718 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 684.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorlathu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorlathu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Challakere
Pincode	577522
Area (hectares)	684.01 hectares
Population	1,453
Male Population	735
Female Population	718
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gorlathu compares

By the 2011 count Gorlathu is the 91st largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 684.01 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Gorlathu

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

Gorlathu lies about 42 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Somaguddu, 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 Gorlathu
Nearest railway station	Somaguddu	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Challakere	24 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	42 km

Villages closest to Gorlathu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorlathu village had a population of 1,453. That makes it the 91st largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Gorlathu village has 735 males and 718 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorlathu has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Gorlathu is 577522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorlathu covers 684.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gorlathu falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gorlathu is Somaguddu, 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 Gorlathu.

Gorlathu is about 42 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorlathu is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Somaguddu is about 23 km away. Challakere is about 24 km away. Chitradurga is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.