# Gowdasandra Village, Gauribidanur, Chikkaballapura (Karnataka)

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Village · Gauribidanur, Chikkaballapura 

# Gowdasandra

Gowdasandra is a village in Gauribidanur sub-district of Chikkaballapura district, Karnataka, PIN code **561208**. The 2011 Census counted **647 people in 154 households**, the 124th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.3%.

- 647people (2011)
- 154households
- 52.6%literacy
- 561208PIN code

## Gowdasandra PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gowdasandra is 561208.** Gowdasandra falls in Gauribidanur sub-district, Chikkaballapura district, Karnataka.

- PIN code561208
- Gram panchayatBychapura
- Community development blockGauribidanur
- Census village code623237

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Gowdasandra from nearby towns?

- Gauribidanur (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Chikkaballapur (district HQ)36 km by road
- Gauribidanur (nearest town)12 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Gowdasandra?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Gowdasandra; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Gauribidanur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gauribidanur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gauribidanur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 12 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gowdasandra known for?

The main crops are **maize**. About 29% of the 417 hectares of village land is sown, and 18 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Gowdasandra

Of every 100 households in Gowdasandra in 2011, 98 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gowdasandra · ■ Gauribidanur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**77%

Tap water ****100%**

**71%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**87%

Use banking services ****15%**

**52%

Television ****13%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**92%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gowdasandra?

■ Gowdasandra · ■ Gauribidanur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.6%**

**67.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1174**

**955

Working population ****57.5%**

**55.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.8% for men and 40.2% for women. 62% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 210 (56%) · **■** Farm labourers 156 (42%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 4 (1%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gauribidanur

- Mallenahalli667 people
- Pidachalahalli663 people
- Hulikunte660 people
- Kundihalli653 people
- Hosahalli641 people
- Gidaganahalli631 people
- M.Nagenahalli623 people
- Narlahalli619 people

[All 238 villages in Gauribidanur](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/chikkaballapura/gauribidanur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gowdasandra?561208
- How far is Gowdasandra from Chikkaballapur?36 km by road
- What is the population of Gowdasandra?647 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gowdasandra in?Chikkaballapura district (Gauribidanur sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Gowdasandra?52.6% (Census 2011)