About Gowthampura Village

Gowthampura is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,937, made up of 938 males and 999 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1467.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gowthampura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gowthampura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577412
Area (hectares)	1467.1 hectares
Population	1,937
Male Population	938
Female Population	999
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,065
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gowthampura compares

By the 2011 count Gowthampura is the 14th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 1467.1 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1029.

Getting to Gowthampura

Gowthampura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gowthampura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Gowthampura from other places

Gowthampura lies about 72 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 5.5 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 Gowthampura
Nearest railway station	Talaguppa	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	9.2 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	9.2 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	72 km

Villages closest to Gowthampura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gowthampura village had a population of 1,937. That makes it the 14th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Gowthampura village has 938 males and 999 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gowthampura has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Gowthampura is 577412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gowthampura covers 1467.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gowthampura falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gowthampura is Talaguppa, about 5.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gowthampura.

Gowthampura is about 72 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gowthampura is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Talaguppa is about 5.5 km away. Sagar is about 9.2 km away. Sāgar is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.