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About Goujani Village

Goujani is a mid sized village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,117, made up of 581 males and 536 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 244715, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goujani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goujani village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Nainital
Tehsil Ramnagar
Pincode 244715
Area (hectares) 140.16 hectares
Population 1,117
Male Population 581
Female Population 536
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Goujani compares

By the 2011 count Goujani is the 25th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 678 residents. Its 140.16 hectares work out to about 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Goujani

Goujani is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Goujani as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Goujani from other places

Goujani lies about 34 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 2.4 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 Goujani
Nearest railway station Ramnagar 2.4 km
Nearest town Rāmnagar 3.0 km
District headquarters Nainital 34 km

Villages closest to Goujani

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

Common questions about Goujani

As per the Census of India 2011, Goujani village had a population of 1,117. That makes it the 25th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 678 residents.

Goujani village has 581 males and 536 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goujani has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Goujani is 244715. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goujani covers 140.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Goujani falls under Ramnagar tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Goujani is Ramnagar, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Goujani.

Goujani is about 34 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goujani is in Ramnagar tehsil of Nainital district. Ramnagar is about 2.4 km away. Rāmnagar is about 3.0 km away. Nainital is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karanpur (under 2 km), Lutabarh (under 2 km) and Dharampur Dhankhola (1.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Goujani today is likely to be higher.

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