About Gonsar Village

Gonsar is a small village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 454, made up of 243 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1382.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gonsar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gonsar village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Sirsi
Pincode	581336
Area (hectares)	1382.07 hectares
Population	454
Male Population	243
Female Population	211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gonsar compares

By the 2011 count Gonsar is the 107th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 1382.07 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 988.

Getting to Gonsar

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

Gonsar lies about 15 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, about 37 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 Gonsar
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sirsi	19 km
Nearest railway station	Mirjan	37 km

Villages closest to Gonsar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gonsar village had a population of 454. That makes it the 107th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Gonsar village has 243 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gonsar has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Gonsar is 581336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gonsar covers 1382.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gonsar falls under Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Gonsar is Mirjan, about 37 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 Gonsar.

Gonsar is about 15 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gonsar is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Uttara Kannada is about 15 km away. Sirsi is about 19 km away. Mirjan is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.