About Goonta Village

Goonta is a large village in Bansur tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,845, made up of 1,984 males and 1,861 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 817 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goonta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goonta village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Alwar
Tehsil	Bansur
Pincode	301402
Area (hectares)	817 hectares
Population	3,845
Male Population	1,984
Female Population	1,861
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Goonta compares

By the 2011 count Goonta is the 13th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,794 residents. Its 817 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Goonta

Goonta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Goonta as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Goonta from other places

Goonta lies about 33 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Parisal, about 26 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 Goonta
Tehsil headquarters	Bansur	7.1 km
Nearest town	Kotputli	17 km
Nearest railway station	Parisal	26 km
District headquarters	Alwar	33 km

Villages closest to Goonta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goonta village had a population of 3,845. That makes it the 13th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,794 residents.

Goonta village has 1,984 males and 1,861 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goonta has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Goonta is 301402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goonta covers 817 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goonta falls under Bansur tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Goonta is Parisal, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Goonta.

Goonta is about 33 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goonta is in Bansur tehsil of Alwar district. Bansur is about 7.1 km away. Kotputli is about 17 km away. Parisal is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.