About Gokhula Village

Gokhula is a mid sized village in Lauriya tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,123, made up of 564 males and 559 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.3 hectares hectares.

Gokhula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gokhula village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Lauriya
Area (hectares)	230.3 hectares
Population	1,123
Male Population	564
Female Population	559
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gokhula compares

By the 2011 count Gokhula is the 68th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,534 residents. Its 230.3 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Gokhula

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

Gokhula lies about 1.7 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Sathi, 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 Gokhula
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lauriya	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Sathi	7.1 km
Nearest town	Chanpatia	10 km

Villages closest to Gokhula

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gokhula village had a population of 1,123. That makes it the 68th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,534 residents.

Gokhula village has 564 males and 559 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gokhula has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 909.

Gokhula covers 230.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gokhula falls under Lauriya tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gokhula is Sathi, about 7.1 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 10+ km distance for Gokhula.

Gokhula is about 1.7 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gokhula is in Lauriya tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Pashchim Champaran is about 1.7 km away. Lauriya is about 4.0 km away. Sathi is about 7.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.