About Goshainpur Village

Goshainpur is a mid sized village in Palasi tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 844, made up of 445 males and 399 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 854329, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goshainpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goshainpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Palasi
Pincode	854329
Area (hectares)	94 hectares
Population	844
Male Population	445
Female Population	399
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Goshainpur compares

By the 2011 count Goshainpur is the 73rd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,377 residents. Its 94 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Goshainpur

Goshainpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Goshainpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Goshainpur from other places

Goshainpur lies about 18 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Hatwar, about 25 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 Goshainpur
Tehsil headquarters	Palasi	14 km
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	16 km
District headquarters	Araria	18 km
Nearest railway station	Hatwar	25 km

Villages closest to Goshainpur

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

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Common questions about Goshainpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Goshainpur village had a population of 844. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,377 residents.

Goshainpur village has 445 males and 399 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goshainpur has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Goshainpur is 854329. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goshainpur covers 94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Goshainpur falls under Palasi tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Goshainpur is Hatwar, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Goshainpur.

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

Goshainpur is in Palasi tehsil of Araria district. Palasi is about 14 km away. Bahādurganj is about 16 km away. Araria is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.