About Gonai Village

Gonai is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 363, made up of 196 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gonai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gonai village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262532
Area (hectares)	58.92 hectares
Population	363
Male Population	196
Female Population	167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gonai compares

By the 2011 count Gonai is the 63rd largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 58.92 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Gonai

Gonai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gonai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gonai from other places

Gonai lies about 32 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 43 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 Gonai
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	21 km
Nearest town	Almora	23 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	43 km

Villages closest to Gonai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gonai village had a population of 363. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Gonai village has 196 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gonai has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Gonai is 262532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gonai covers 58.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gonai falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gonai is Kathgodam, about 43 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gonai.

Gonai is about 32 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gonai is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 21 km away. Almora is about 23 km away. Pithoragarh is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.