About Gownahalli Village

Gownahalli is a mid sized village in Hiriyur tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,612, made up of 804 males and 808 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1034.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577599, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gownahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gownahalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Hiriyur
Pincode	577599
Area (hectares)	1034.52 hectares
Population	1,612
Male Population	804
Female Population	808
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gownahalli compares

By the 2011 count Gownahalli is the 52nd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents. Its 1034.52 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Gownahalli

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

Gownahalli lies about 32 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Somaguddu, about 9.3 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 Gownahalli
Nearest railway station	Somaguddu	9.3 km
Nearest town	Challakere	11 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiriyur	33 km

Villages closest to Gownahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gownahalli village had a population of 1,612. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents.

Gownahalli village has 804 males and 808 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gownahalli has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Gownahalli is 577599. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gownahalli covers 1034.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gownahalli falls under Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gownahalli is Somaguddu, about 9.3 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 Gownahalli.

Gownahalli is about 32 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gownahalli is in Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district. Somaguddu is about 9.3 km away. Challakere is about 11 km away. Chitradurga is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.