About Gowardhan Village

Gowardhan is a mid sized village in Mul tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 735, made up of 394 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 504 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gowardhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gowardhan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Mul
Pincode	441226
Area (hectares)	504 hectares
Population	735
Male Population	394
Female Population	341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gowardhan compares

By the 2011 count Gowardhan is the 44th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,115 residents. Its 504 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 994.

Getting to Gowardhan

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

Gowardhan lies about 46 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Tolewahi, about 20 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 Gowardhan
Nearest railway station	Tolewahi	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mul	21 km
Nearest town	Mūl	21 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	46 km

Villages closest to Gowardhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gowardhan village had a population of 735. That makes it the 44th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,115 residents.

Gowardhan village has 394 males and 341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gowardhan has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Gowardhan is 441226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gowardhan covers 504 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gowardhan falls under Mul tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gowardhan is Tolewahi, about 20 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 Gowardhan.

Gowardhan is about 46 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gowardhan is in Mul tehsil of Chandrapur district. Tolewahi is about 20 km away. Mul is about 21 km away. Mūl is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.