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About Gokhantar Village

Gokhantar is a large village in Santalpur tehsil, in the district of Patan, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,287, made up of 1,228 males and 1,059 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4114.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 385360, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gokhantar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gokhantar village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Patan
Tehsil Santalpur
Pincode 385360
Area (hectares) 4114.43 hectares
Population 2,287
Male Population 1,228
Female Population 1,059
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 862
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gokhantar compares

By the 2011 count Gokhantar is the 16th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,764 residents. Its 4114.43 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Gokhantar

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

Gokhantar lies about 76 km from Patan, and the nearest railway station is Vaghpura, about 4.7 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 Gokhantar
Nearest railway station Vaghpura 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Santalpur 23 km
Nearest town Rādhanpur 23 km
District headquarters Patan 76 km

Villages closest to Gokhantar

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

Common questions about Gokhantar

As per the Census of India 2011, Gokhantar village had a population of 2,287. That makes it the 16th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,764 residents.

Gokhantar village has 1,228 males and 1,059 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gokhantar has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Gokhantar is 385360. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gokhantar covers 4114.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gokhantar falls under Santalpur tehsil of Patan district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Gokhantar is Vaghpura, about 4.7 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gokhantar.

Gokhantar is about 76 km from Patan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gokhantar is in Santalpur tehsil of Patan district. Vaghpura is about 4.7 km away. Santalpur is about 23 km away. Rādhanpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Varahi (6.5 km), Antarnes (10 km) and Korda (14 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gokhantar today is likely to be higher.

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