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About Goval Village

Goval is a mid sized village in Devgad tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,039, made up of 504 males and 535 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1263.65 hectares hectares.

Goval Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goval village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Devgad
Area (hectares) 1263.65 hectares
Population 1,039
Male Population 504
Female Population 535
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Goval compares

By the 2011 count Goval is the 45th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,234 residents. Its 1263.65 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1073.

Getting to Goval

Goval is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Goval 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. The nearest villages by name are Dhoptewadi, Elaye, Gadhitamhane and Gavane. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Goval

As per the Census of India 2011, Goval village had a population of 1,039. That makes it the 45th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,234 residents.

Goval village has 504 males and 535 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goval has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1073.

Goval covers 1263.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Goval falls under Devgad tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Goval notes the nearest railway station 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 Goval.

Goval is in Devgad tehsil of Sindhudurg district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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