About Gopalpur Village

Gopalpur is a mid sized village in Kharagpur tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,673, made up of 915 males and 758 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186 hectares hectares.

Gopalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gopalpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Kharagpur
Area (hectares)	186 hectares
Population	1,673
Male Population	915
Female Population	758
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	828
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gopalpur compares

By the 2011 count Gopalpur is the 37th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents. Its 186 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Gopalpur

Gopalpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gopalpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gopalpur from other places

Gopalpur lies about 27 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Khariapipra Halt, about 12 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 Gopalpur
Tehsil headquarters	Kharagpur	3.9 km
Nearest railway station	Khariapipra Halt	12 km
District headquarters	Munger	27 km

Villages closest to Gopalpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gopalpur village had a population of 1,673. That makes it the 37th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents.

Gopalpur village has 915 males and 758 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gopalpur has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 890.

Gopalpur covers 186 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gopalpur falls under Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gopalpur is Khariapipra Halt, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gopalpur.

Gopalpur is about 27 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gopalpur is in Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district. Kharagpur is about 3.9 km away. Khariapipra Halt is about 12 km away. Munger is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.