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About Gotagudi Village

Gotagudi is a small village in Mundgod tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 271, made up of 143 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 256.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581346, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gotagudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gotagudi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Mundgod
Pincode 581346
Area (hectares) 256.4 hectares
Population 271
Male Population 143
Female Population 128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gotagudi compares

By the 2011 count Gotagudi is the 58th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,009 residents. Its 256.4 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Gotagudi

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

Gotagudi lies about 79 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Gudageri, about 22 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 Gotagudi
Nearest town Shiggaon 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Mundgod 17 km
Nearest railway station Gudageri 22 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 79 km

Villages closest to Gotagudi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gotagudi village had a population of 271. That makes it the 58th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,009 residents.

Gotagudi village has 143 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gotagudi has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Gotagudi is 581346. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gotagudi covers 256.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gotagudi falls under Mundgod tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gotagudi is Gudageri, about 22 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 - 10 km distance for Gotagudi.

Gotagudi is about 79 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gotagudi is in Mundgod tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Shiggaon is about 6.2 km away. Mundgod is about 17 km away. Gudageri is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basavanakoppa (9.9 km), Bhadrapura (11 km) and Nyasargi (14 km).

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

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