About Gowane Village

Gowane is a large village in Dahanu tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,051, made up of 1,026 males and 1,025 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 504.61 hectares hectares.

Gowane Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gowane village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Dahanu
Area (hectares)	504.61 hectares
Population	2,051
Male Population	1,026
Female Population	1,025
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	999
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gowane compares

By the 2011 count Gowane is the 54th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,969 residents. Its 504.61 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Gowane

Gowane is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gowane 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gowane from other places

Gowane lies about 79 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Vangaon, about 3.9 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 Gowane
Nearest railway station	Vangaon	3.9 km
Nearest town	Boisar	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dahanu	12 km
District headquarters	Thane	79 km

Villages closest to Gowane

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Gowane

As per the Census of India 2011, Gowane village had a population of 2,051. That makes it the 54th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,969 residents.

Gowane village has 1,026 males and 1,025 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gowane has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

Gowane covers 504.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gowane falls under Dahanu tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gowane is Vangaon, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gowane.

Gowane is about 79 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gowane is in Dahanu tehsil of Thane district. Vangaon is about 3.9 km away. Boisar is about 11 km away. Dahanu is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.