About Gorthan Village

Gorthan is a mid sized village in Jawhar tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 932, made up of 468 males and 464 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 728 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 401603, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorthan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorthan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Jawhar
Pincode	401603
Area (hectares)	728 hectares
Population	932
Male Population	468
Female Population	464
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gorthan compares

By the 2011 count Gorthan is the 62nd largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 728 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Gorthan

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

Gorthan lies about 110 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Padli, about 32 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 Gorthan
Nearest town	Nashik	30 km
Nearest railway station	Padli	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jawhar	33 km
District headquarters	Thane	110 km

Villages closest to Gorthan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorthan village had a population of 932. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Gorthan village has 468 males and 464 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorthan has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Gorthan is 401603. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorthan covers 728 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.

Gorthan falls under Jawhar tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gorthan is Padli, about 32 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 Gorthan.

Gorthan is about 110 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorthan is in Jawhar tehsil of Thane district. Nashik is about 30 km away. Padli is about 32 km away. Jawhar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.