About Ghotala Village

Ghotala is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 237, made up of 96 males and 141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,469 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghotala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghotala village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246155
Area (hectares)	160.77 hectares
Population	237
Male Population	96
Female Population	141
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,469
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 Ghotala compares

By the 2011 count Ghotala is the 82nd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 160.77 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Ghotala

Ghotala is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ghotala 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 Ghotala from other places

Ghotala lies about 18 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 28 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 Ghotala
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	11 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	18 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	28 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	28 km

Villages closest to Ghotala

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 Ghotala

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghotala village had a population of 237. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Ghotala village has 96 males and 141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghotala has about 1469 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Ghotala is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghotala covers 160.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghotala falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghotala is Kotdwara, about 28 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 Ghotala.

Ghotala is about 18 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghotala is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 11 km away. Garhwal is about 18 km away. Kotdwāra is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.