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About Goharni Village

Goharni is a large village in Shamli tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,527, made up of 2,434 males and 2,093 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 702.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247776, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goharni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goharni village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Muzaffarnagar
Tehsil Shamli
Pincode 247776
Area (hectares) 702.88 hectares
Population 4,527
Male Population 2,434
Female Population 2,093
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Goharni compares

By the 2011 count Goharni is the 36th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,523 residents. Its 702.88 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 876.

Getting to Goharni

Goharni is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Goharni as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Goharni from other places

Goharni lies about 37 km from Muzaffarnagar, and the nearest railway station is Silawar, about 3.7 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 Goharni
Tehsil headquarters Shamli 3.5 km
Nearest town Shāmli 3.5 km
Nearest railway station Silawar 3.7 km
District headquarters Muzaffarnagar 37 km

Villages closest to Goharni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goharni village had a population of 4,527. That makes it the 36th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,523 residents.

Goharni village has 2,434 males and 2,093 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goharni has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 876.

The pincode recorded for Goharni is 247776. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goharni covers 702.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Goharni falls under Shamli tehsil of Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Goharni is Silawar, about 3.7 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Goharni.

Goharni is about 37 km from Muzaffarnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goharni is in Shamli tehsil of Muzaffarnagar district. Shamli is about 3.5 km away. Shāmli is about 3.5 km away. Silawar is about 3.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karori (2.2 km), Mahrampur (3.1 km) and Shamli Rural (3.5 km).

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

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