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About Gotur Village

Gotur is a large village in Chitapur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,152, made up of 1,063 males and 1,089 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1365.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gotur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gotur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Chitapur
Pincode 585312
Area (hectares) 1365.66 hectares
Population 2,152
Male Population 1,063
Female Population 1,089
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gotur compares

By the 2011 count Gotur is the 39th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents. Its 1365.66 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 1001.

Getting to Gotur

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

Gotur lies about 28 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Malkhaid Road, about 25 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 Gotur
Nearest railway station Malkhaid Road 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Chitapur 26 km
Nearest town Chītāpur 26 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 28 km

Villages closest to Gotur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gotur village had a population of 2,152. That makes it the 39th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents.

Gotur village has 1,063 males and 1,089 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gotur has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Gotur is 585312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gotur covers 1365.66 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.

Gotur falls under Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gotur is Malkhaid Road, about 25 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 Gotur.

Gotur is about 28 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gotur is in Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Malkhaid Road is about 25 km away. Chitapur is about 26 km away. Chītāpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bennur (under 2 km), Chincholi (4.0 km) and Malaghan (4.1 km).

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

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