About Gour Village

Gour is a mid sized village in Afzalpur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,741, made up of 910 males and 831 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1210.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gour Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gour village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Afzalpur
Pincode	585301
Area (hectares)	1210.42 hectares
Population	1,741
Male Population	910
Female Population	831
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gour compares

By the 2011 count Gour is the 32nd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,177 residents. Its 1210.42 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Gour

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

Gour lies about 23 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Hunsi Hadgil, about 10 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 Gour
Nearest railway station	Hunsi Hadgil	10 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	23 km
Nearest town	Kalaburagi	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Afzalpur	30 km

Villages closest to Gour

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gour village had a population of 1,741. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,177 residents.

Gour village has 910 males and 831 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gour has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Gour is 585301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gour covers 1210.42 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.

Gour falls under Afzalpur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gour is Hunsi Hadgil, about 10 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 Gour.

Gour is about 23 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gour is in Afzalpur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Hunsi Hadgil is about 10 km away. Gulbarga is about 23 km away. Kalaburagi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.