Gothra | |
|---|---|
  Location in Haryana, India  Gothra, Bhiwani (India) | |
| Coordinates: 28°28′51″N75°46′32″E / 28.4809°N 75.7755°E Coordinates: 28°28′51″N75°46′32″E / 28.4809°N 75.7755°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Bhiwani |
| Tehsil | Loharu |
| Government | |
| • Body | Village panchayat |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,625 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Gothra is a village in the Bhiwani district of the Indian state of Haryana. Located in the Loharu tehsil, it lies approximately 57 kilometres (35 mi) south west of the district headquarters town of Bhiwani. As of the 2011 Census of India [update] , the village had 556 households with a total population of 2,631 of which 1,391 were male and 1,240 female. [1]
Bhiwani district is one of the 22 districts of the northern Indian state of Haryana. Created on 22 December 1972, the district was the largest district of the state by area, before the creation of Charkhi Dadri as a separate district, as it occupied an area of 5,140 square kilometres (1,980 sq mi) and administered 442 villages with a population of 1,629,109. Sirsa is now the largest district of the state.
Loharu is a city, municipal committee and assemblly constituency in the Bhiwani district of the Indian state of Haryana. It is the administrative headquarters of one of the four administrative sub-divisions of the district and covers 119 villages. It is also a railway junction station.
The 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved collection of information about all buildings. Information for National Population Register was also collected in the first phase, which will be used to issue a 12-digit unique identification number to all registered Indian residents by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). The second population enumeration phase was conducted between 9 and 28 February 2011. Census has been conducted in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected. According to the provisional reports released on 31 March 2011, the Indian population increased to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.70%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%. The motto of the census was 'Our Census, Our future'.
