About Goshainpur Village

Goshainpur is a mid sized village in Chausa tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,555, made up of 804 males and 751 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 802114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goshainpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goshainpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Chausa
Pincode	802114
Area (hectares)	127 hectares
Population	1,555
Male Population	804
Female Population	751
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Goshainpur compares

By the 2011 count Goshainpur is the 20th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,850 residents. Its 127 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

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 5 - 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 20 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Barakalan, about 7.5 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
Nearest railway station	Barakalan	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chausa	9.5 km
District headquarters	Buxar	20 km

Villages closest to Goshainpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chausa 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 1,555. That makes it the 20th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,850 residents.

Goshainpur village has 804 males and 751 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goshainpur has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Goshainpur is 802114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goshainpur covers 127 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Goshainpur falls under Chausa tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Goshainpur is Barakalan, about 7.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 20 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goshainpur is in Chausa tehsil of Buxar district. Barakalan is about 7.5 km away. Chausa is about 9.5 km away. Buxar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.