About Gopalpur Village

Gopalpur is a mid sized village in Kanti tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,932, made up of 1,034 males and 898 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.3 hectares hectares.

Gopalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gopalpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Tehsil	Kanti
Area (hectares)	124.3 hectares
Population	1,932
Male Population	1,034
Female Population	898
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
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 35th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,242 residents. Its 124.3 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

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 5 - 10 km distance. 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 30 km from Muzaffarpur, and the nearest railway station is Vaishali, about 7.1 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
Nearest town	Lālganj	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Vaishali	7.1 km
District headquarters	Muzaffarpur	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kanti	35 km

Villages closest to Gopalpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kanti 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 1,932. That makes it the 35th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,242 residents.

Gopalpur village has 1,034 males and 898 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gopalpur has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Gopalpur covers 124.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gopalpur falls under Kanti tehsil of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gopalpur is Vaishali, about 7.1 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 village for Gopalpur.

Gopalpur is about 30 km from Muzaffarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gopalpur is in Kanti tehsil of Muzaffarpur district. Lālganj is about 5.8 km away. Vaishali is about 7.1 km away. Muzaffarpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.