Gogunda
Gogunda | |
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  Location in Rajasthan, India  Gogunda (India) | |
| Coordinates: 24°45′0″N 73°31′59″E / 24.75000°N 73.53306°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Udaipur |
| Elevation | 850 m (2,790 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 7,581 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 313705 |
| Telephone code | 02956 |
| ISO 3166 code | RJ-IN |
| Vehicle registration | RJ 27 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Udaipur |
Gogunda is a town and tehsil headquarters of Gogunda Tehsil in Udaipur district, located about 35 km (22 mi) in north-west from Udaipur city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated on a high mountain in Aravalli hills and is reached by crossing a difficult[citation needed] mountain pass.
It was formerly classified as a village based on population, and was reclassified as a Census Town in the 2011 Census of India.[1][dead link]
Demographics
[edit]Gogunda is a Census Town as per the 2011 census with a population of 8,751, of which 4,483 are male (51%) and 4,268 are female (49%).[2] Gogunda has the highest percentage of scheduled castes population (19.53%) to the total population among all towns/cities of Udaipur district.[1]
The literacy rate in the town of Gogunda is 42.52%. Its male literacy rate of 56.07% is the lowest among towns in the Udaipur district.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 District Census Handbook Udaipur, Village and Town Directory (PDF). Series 9. Vol. Part XII-A. Directorate of Census Operations Rajasthan. 2011.
- ↑ District Census Handbook: Udaipur (PDF). Census of India. 2011.
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