About Gowkhera Village

Gowkhera is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 78, made up of 35 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,229 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gowkhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gowkhera village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Satpuli
Pincode	246172
Area (hectares)	47.53 hectares
Population	78
Male Population	35
Female Population	43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,229
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 Gowkhera compares

By the 2011 count Gowkhera is the 122nd largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 47.53 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1227.

Getting to Gowkhera

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

Gowkhera lies about 16 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 Gowkhera
Tehsil headquarters	Satpuli	16 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	16 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	22 km

Villages closest to Gowkhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gowkhera village had a population of 78. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Gowkhera village has 35 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gowkhera has about 1229 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1227.

The pincode recorded for Gowkhera is 246172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gowkhera covers 47.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gowkhera falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gowkhera 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 Gowkhera.

Gowkhera is about 16 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gowkhera is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Satpuli is about 16 km away. Garhwal is about 16 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.