About Goum Village

Goum is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 305, made up of 145 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 328.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246173, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goum village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246173
Area (hectares)	328.43 hectares
Population	305
Male Population	145
Female Population	160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,103
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 Goum compares

By the 2011 count Goum is the 51st largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 328.43 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Goum

Goum is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Goum 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Goum from other places

Goum lies about 11 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 22 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 Goum
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	5.7 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	11 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	22 km

Villages closest to Goum

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

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Common questions about Goum

As per the Census of India 2011, Goum village had a population of 305. That makes it the 51st largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Goum village has 145 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goum has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Goum is 246173. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goum covers 328.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Goum falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Goum is Kotdwara, about 22 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Goum.

Goum is about 11 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goum is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 5.7 km away. Garhwal is about 11 km away. Kotdwāra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.