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About Goonti Village

Goonti is a large village in Behror tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,055, made up of 2,103 males and 1,952 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 617.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goonti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goonti village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Tehsil Behror
Pincode 301701
Area (hectares) 617.76 hectares
Population 4,055
Male Population 2,103
Female Population 1,952
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Goonti compares

By the 2011 count Goonti is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,777 residents. Its 617.76 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Goonti

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

Goonti lies about 49 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Narnaul, about 25 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 Goonti
Tehsil headquarters Behror 4.6 km
Nearest railway station Narnaul 25 km
District headquarters Alwar 49 km

Villages closest to Goonti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goonti village had a population of 4,055. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,777 residents.

Goonti village has 2,103 males and 1,952 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goonti has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 911.

The pincode recorded for Goonti is 301701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goonti covers 617.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Goonti falls under Behror tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Goonti is Narnaul, about 25 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Goonti.

Goonti is about 49 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goonti is in Behror tehsil of Alwar district. Behror is about 4.6 km away. Narnaul is about 25 km away. Alwar is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kankarchhaja (1.7 km), Kherki (2.3 km) and Kharkhara (2.5 km).

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

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