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About Goni Village

Goni is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 378, made up of 175 males and 203 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,160 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goni village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249161
Area (hectares) 71.17 hectares
Population 378
Male Population 175
Female Population 203
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,160
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Goni compares

By the 2011 count Goni is the 66th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 71.17 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Goni

Goni is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Goni as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Goni from other places

Goni lies about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 23 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 Goni
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 18 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 18 km
Nearest town Tehri 18 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 23 km

Villages closest to Goni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goni village had a population of 378. That makes it the 66th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Goni village has 175 males and 203 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goni has about 1160 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Goni is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goni covers 71.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goni falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Goni is Rishikesh, about 23 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Goni.

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

Goni is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 18 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 18 km away. Tehri is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bor Gaon (under 2 km), Pant Gaon (under 2 km) and Bamana (3.5 km).

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

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