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About Goravinakal Village

Goravinakal is a large village in Hosdurga tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,203, made up of 1,089 males and 1,114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 774.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goravinakal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goravinakal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chitradurga
Tehsil Hosdurga
Pincode 577527
Area (hectares) 774.88 hectares
Population 2,203
Male Population 1,089
Female Population 1,114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Goravinakal compares

By the 2011 count Goravinakal is the 16th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 774.88 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Goravinakal

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

Goravinakal lies about 48 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Hosadurga Road, about 19 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 Goravinakal
Tehsil headquarters Hosdurga 1.5 km
Nearest town Hosadurga 1.5 km
Nearest railway station Hosadurga Road 19 km
District headquarters Chitradurga 48 km

Villages closest to Goravinakal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goravinakal village had a population of 2,203. That makes it the 16th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Goravinakal village has 1,089 males and 1,114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goravinakal has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Goravinakal is 577527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goravinakal covers 774.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goravinakal falls under Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Goravinakal is Hosadurga Road, about 19 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 Goravinakal.

Goravinakal is about 48 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goravinakal is in Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district. Hosdurga is about 1.5 km away. Hosadurga is about 1.5 km away. Hosadurga Road is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Byrapura (1.5 km), Srirangapura (1.7 km) and Kurubarahalli (2.0 km).

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

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