About Goom Village

Goom is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 87, made up of 38 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,289 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goom Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goom village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhoomakot
Pincode	246161
Area (hectares)	90.87 hectares
Population	87
Male Population	38
Female Population	49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,289
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Goom compares

By the 2011 count Goom is the 167th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 90.87 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1280.

Getting to Goom

Goom is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Goom as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Goihiyal Gaon, Gola Bichla, Gola Chhota and Gola Malla. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Goom

As per the Census of India 2011, Goom village had a population of 87. That makes it the 167th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Goom village has 38 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goom has about 1289 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Goom is 246161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goom covers 90.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Goom falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Goom notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Goom.

Goom is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.