About Gowardhan Village

Gowardhan is a large village in Risod tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,902, made up of 2,025 males and 1,877 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2083 hectares hectares.

Gowardhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gowardhan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Risod
Area (hectares)	2083 hectares
Population	3,902
Male Population	2,025
Female Population	1,877
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gowardhan compares

By the 2011 count Gowardhan is the 6th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 2083 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 922.

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 village. 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 31 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Kekatumar, about 30 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
Tehsil headquarters	Risod	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kekatumar	30 km
District headquarters	Washim	31 km

Villages closest to Gowardhan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Risod 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 3,902. That makes it the 6th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Gowardhan village has 2,025 males and 1,877 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gowardhan has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 922.

Gowardhan covers 2083 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gowardhan falls under Risod tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gowardhan is Kekatumar, about 30 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 village for Gowardhan.

Gowardhan is about 31 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gowardhan is in Risod tehsil of Washim district. Risod is about 15 km away. Kekatumar is about 30 km away. Washim is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.