About Gokhulpur Village

Gokhulpur is a large village in Harnaut tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,085, made up of 1,629 males and 1,456 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234 hectares hectares.

Gokhulpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gokhulpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Harnaut
Area (hectares)	234 hectares
Population	3,085
Male Population	1,629
Female Population	1,456
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
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 Gokhulpur compares

By the 2011 count Gokhulpur is the 19th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,669 residents. Its 234 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Gokhulpur

Gokhulpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gokhulpur 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 Gokhulpur from other places

Gokhulpur lies about 25 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Kharuara Halt, about 2.5 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 Gokhulpur
Nearest railway station	Kharuara Halt	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harnaut	5.2 km
Nearest town	Bakhtiarpur	7.2 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	25 km

Villages closest to Gokhulpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gokhulpur village had a population of 3,085. That makes it the 19th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,669 residents.

Gokhulpur village has 1,629 males and 1,456 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gokhulpur has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 906.

Gokhulpur covers 234 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gokhulpur falls under Harnaut tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gokhulpur is Kharuara Halt, about 2.5 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 Gokhulpur.

Gokhulpur is about 25 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gokhulpur is in Harnaut tehsil of Nalanda district. Kharuara Halt is about 2.5 km away. Harnaut is about 5.2 km away. Bakhtiarpur is about 7.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.