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About Gonal Village

Gonal is a mid sized village in Gangawati tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,038, made up of 513 males and 525 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 354.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gonal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gonal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Koppal
Tehsil Gangawati
Pincode 583227
Area (hectares) 354.17 hectares
Population 1,038
Male Population 513
Female Population 525
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gonal compares

By the 2011 count Gonal is the 96th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,378 residents. Its 354.17 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Gonal

Gonal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gonal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Gonal from other places

Gonal lies about 42 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Gangavathi Railway station, about 4.7 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 Gonal
Nearest railway station Gangavathi Railway station 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Gangawati 4.9 km
Nearest town Gangavati 4.9 km
District headquarters Koppal 42 km

Villages closest to Gonal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gonal village had a population of 1,038. That makes it the 96th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,378 residents.

Gonal village has 513 males and 525 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gonal has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Gonal is 583227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gonal covers 354.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gonal falls under Gangawati tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gonal is Gangavathi Railway station, about 4.7 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 <5 km distance for Gonal.

Gonal is about 42 km from Koppal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gonal is in Gangawati tehsil of Koppal district. Gangavathi Railway station is about 4.7 km away. Gangawati is about 4.9 km away. Gangavati is about 4.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Herur (2.4 km), Bevinhal (3.4 km) and Hatti (3.5 km).

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

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