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About Gowdalli Village

Gowdalli is a mid sized village in Somvarpet tehsil, in the district of Kodagu, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,584, made up of 790 males and 794 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 678.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gowdalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gowdalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Kodagu
Tehsil Somvarpet
Pincode 571236
Area (hectares) 678.38 hectares
Population 1,584
Male Population 790
Female Population 794
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gowdalli compares

By the 2011 count Gowdalli is the 32nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents. Its 678.38 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1053.

Getting to Gowdalli

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

Gowdalli lies about 34 km from Kodagu, and the nearest railway station is Kadagaravalli, about 16 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 Gowdalli
Nearest railway station Kadagaravalli 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Somvarpet 16 km
Nearest town Sakleshpur 26 km
District headquarters Kodagu 34 km

Villages closest to Gowdalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gowdalli village had a population of 1,584. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,421 residents.

Gowdalli village has 790 males and 794 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gowdalli has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Gowdalli is 571236. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gowdalli covers 678.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gowdalli falls under Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gowdalli is Kadagaravalli, about 16 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 Gowdalli.

Gowdalli is about 34 km from Kodagu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gowdalli is in Somvarpet tehsil of Kodagu district. Kadagaravalli is about 16 km away. Somvarpet is about 16 km away. Sakleshpur 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 Ankanalli (4.7 km), Kundalli (5.2 km) and Bettadalli (7.1 km).

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

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