About Gowripura Village

Gowripura is a mid sized village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 786, made up of 382 males and 404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 545.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577536, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gowripura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gowripura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Challakere
Pincode	577536
Area (hectares)	545.36 hectares
Population	786
Male Population	382
Female Population	404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,058
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gowripura compares

By the 2011 count Gowripura is the 132nd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 545.36 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 953.

Getting to Gowripura

Gowripura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gowripura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gowripura from other places

Gowripura lies about 22 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Balenahalli, about 7.0 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 Gowripura
Nearest railway station	Balenahalli	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Challakere	14 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	22 km

Villages closest to Gowripura

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 Gowripura

As per the Census of India 2011, Gowripura village had a population of 786. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Gowripura village has 382 males and 404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gowripura has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Gowripura is 577536. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gowripura covers 545.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gowripura falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gowripura is Balenahalli, about 7.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gowripura.

Gowripura is about 22 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gowripura is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Balenahalli is about 7.0 km away. Challakere is about 14 km away. Chitradurga is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.