About Gowrasamudra Village

Gowrasamudra is a large village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,674, made up of 1,352 males and 1,322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1367.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577529, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gowrasamudra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gowrasamudra village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Challakere
Pincode	577529
Area (hectares)	1367.89 hectares
Population	2,674
Male Population	1,352
Female Population	1,322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gowrasamudra compares

By the 2011 count Gowrasamudra is the 23rd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 1367.89 hectares work out to about 2.0 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, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Gowrasamudra

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

Gowrasamudra lies about 53 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Bommagundanakere, about 7.8 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 Gowrasamudra
Nearest railway station	Bommagundanakere	7.8 km
Nearest town	Rāyadrug	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Challakere	29 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	53 km

Villages closest to Gowrasamudra

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 Gowrasamudra

As per the Census of India 2011, Gowrasamudra village had a population of 2,674. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Gowrasamudra village has 1,352 males and 1,322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gowrasamudra has about 978 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 Gowrasamudra is 577529. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gowrasamudra covers 1367.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gowrasamudra falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gowrasamudra is Bommagundanakere, about 7.8 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 village for Gowrasamudra.

Gowrasamudra is about 53 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gowrasamudra is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Bommagundanakere is about 7.8 km away. Rāyadrug is about 19 km away. Challakere is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.