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About Ghoskata Village

Ghoskata is a mid sized village in Dotoma tehsil, in the district of Kokrajhar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 918, made up of 448 males and 470 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 281.38 hectares hectares.

Ghoskata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghoskata village
Description Value
State Assam
District Kokrajhar
Tehsil Dotoma
Area (hectares) 281.38 hectares
Population 918
Male Population 448
Female Population 470
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,049
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghoskata compares

By the 2011 count Ghoskata is the 53rd largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 850 residents. Its 281.38 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Ghoskata

Ghoskata is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghoskata as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Fulkumari, Gangarjaflong, Genduguri and Ghilaguri. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Ghoskata

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghoskata village had a population of 918. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 850 residents.

Ghoskata village has 448 males and 470 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghoskata has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Ghoskata covers 281.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghoskata falls under Dotoma tehsil of Kokrajhar district in Assam.

The census record for Ghoskata notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Ghoskata.

Ghoskata is in Dotoma tehsil of Kokrajhar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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