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About Goregaon Village

Goregaon is a mid sized village in Ambarnath tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,579, made up of 822 males and 757 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382.68 hectares hectares.

Goregaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goregaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Tehsil Ambarnath
Area (hectares) 382.68 hectares
Population 1,579
Male Population 822
Female Population 757
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Goregaon compares

By the 2011 count Goregaon is the 18th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,803 residents. Its 382.68 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Goregaon

Goregaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Goregaon 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Goregaon from other places

Goregaon lies about 12 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Goregaon, about under 2 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 Goregaon
Nearest railway station Goregaon under 2 km
Nearest town Powai 7.9 km
District headquarters Thane 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Ambarnath 34 km

Villages closest to Goregaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goregaon village had a population of 1,579. That makes it the 18th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,803 residents.

Goregaon village has 822 males and 757 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goregaon has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 936.

Goregaon covers 382.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goregaon falls under Ambarnath tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Goregaon is Goregaon, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Goregaon.

Goregaon is about 12 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goregaon is in Ambarnath tehsil of Thane district. Goregaon is about under 2 km away. Powai is about 7.9 km away. Thane is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mulgaon (6.2 km), Wadi (6.5 km) and Sai (8.2 km).

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

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