About Goom Village

Goom is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 319, made up of 171 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246149, 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	Kotdwara
Pincode	246149
Area (hectares)	141.94 hectares
Population	319
Male Population	171
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Goom compares

By the 2011 count Goom is the 75th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 141.94 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Goom

Goom is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Goom as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Goajetta, Godi Badi, Godichoti 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 319. That makes it the 75th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Goom village has 171 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goom has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Goom is 246149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goom covers 141.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goom falls under Kotdwara 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Goom.

Goom is in Kotdwara 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.