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About Gowaliya Village

Gowaliya is a mid sized village in Gangrar tehsil, in the district of Chittaurgarh, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 590, made up of 306 males and 284 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 312901, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gowaliya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gowaliya village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Chittaurgarh
Tehsil Gangrar
Pincode 312901
Area (hectares) 258.74 hectares
Population 590
Male Population 306
Female Population 284
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gowaliya compares

By the 2011 count Gowaliya is the 57th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 801 residents. Its 258.74 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Gowaliya

The census records public bus service for Gowaliya as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gowaliya from other places

Gowaliya lies about 20 km from Chittaurgarh, and the nearest railway station is Gangarar, about 2.8 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 Gowaliya
Nearest railway station Gangarar 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Gangrar 4.6 km
District headquarters Chittaurgarh 20 km
Nearest town Chittorgarh 20 km

Villages closest to Gowaliya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gowaliya village had a population of 590. That makes it the 57th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 801 residents.

Gowaliya village has 306 males and 284 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gowaliya has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Gowaliya is 312901. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gowaliya covers 258.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gowaliya falls under Gangrar tehsil of Chittaurgarh district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Gowaliya is Gangarar, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gowaliya.

Gowaliya is about 20 km from Chittaurgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gowaliya is in Gangrar tehsil of Chittaurgarh district. Gangarar is about 2.8 km away. Gangrar is about 4.6 km away. Chittaurgarh is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nayakhera (under 2 km), Dadiya (under 2 km) and Dhuwaliya (1.6 km).

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

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