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About Goni Tumkur Village

Goni Tumkur is a mid sized village in Turuvekere tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,506, made up of 737 males and 769 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 636.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goni Tumkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goni Tumkur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Turuvekere
Pincode 572227
Area (hectares) 636.95 hectares
Population 1,506
Male Population 737
Female Population 769
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Goni Tumkur compares

By the 2011 count Goni Tumkur is the 16th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 653 residents. Its 636.95 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Goni Tumkur

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

Goni Tumkur lies about 55 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Aralaguppe, 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 Goni Tumkur
Tehsil headquarters Turuvekere 5.6 km
Nearest railway station Aralaguppe 16 km
Nearest town Tiptūr 24 km
District headquarters Tumkur 55 km

Villages closest to Goni Tumkur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Turuvekere 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 Goni Tumkur

As per the Census of India 2011, Goni Tumkur village had a population of 1,506. That makes it the 16th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 653 residents.

Goni Tumkur village has 737 males and 769 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goni Tumkur has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Goni Tumkur is 572227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goni Tumkur covers 636.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goni Tumkur falls under Turuvekere tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Goni Tumkur is Aralaguppe, 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 Goni Tumkur.

Goni Tumkur is about 55 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goni Tumkur is in Turuvekere tehsil of Tumkur district. Turuvekere is about 5.6 km away. Aralaguppe is about 16 km away. Tiptūr is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Naduvanahalli (1.5 km), Hedagihalli (1.6 km) and Sulekere (2.9 km).

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

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