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About Gotra Village

Gotra is a mid sized village in Lonar tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,244, made up of 672 males and 572 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 984.28 hectares hectares.

Gotra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gotra village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Buldana
Tehsil Lonar
Area (hectares) 984.28 hectares
Population 1,244
Male Population 672
Female Population 572
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 851
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gotra compares

By the 2011 count Gotra is the 41st largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,553 residents. Its 984.28 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 923.

Getting to Gotra

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

Gotra lies about 80 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Satuna, about 52 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 Gotra
Tehsil headquarters Lonar 10 km
Nearest railway station Satuna 52 km
District headquarters Buldana 80 km

Villages closest to Gotra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gotra village had a population of 1,244. That makes it the 41st largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,553 residents.

Gotra village has 672 males and 572 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gotra has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Gotra covers 984.28 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.

Gotra falls under Lonar tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gotra is Satuna, about 52 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 10+ km distance for Gotra.

Gotra is about 80 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gotra is in Lonar tehsil of Buldana district. Lonar is about 10 km away. Satuna is about 52 km away. Buldana is about 80 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pathra (under 2 km), Titavi (2.8 km) and Nandra (3.3 km).

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

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