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About Goja Thaji Village

Goja Thaji is a mid sized village in Khansahib tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 637, made up of 357 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 784 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 191111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goja Thaji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goja Thaji village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Khansahib
Pincode 191111
Area (hectares) 69.6 hectares
Population 637
Male Population 357
Female Population 280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 784
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Goja Thaji compares

By the 2011 count Goja Thaji is the 55th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents. Its 69.6 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Goja Thaji

Goja Thaji is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Goja Thaji 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Goja Thaji from other places

Goja Thaji lies about 15 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 18 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 Goja Thaji
Tehsil headquarters Khansahib 4.8 km
District headquarters Badgam 15 km
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 18 km
Nearest town Soyībug 20 km

Villages closest to Goja Thaji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khansahib 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 Goja Thaji

As per the Census of India 2011, Goja Thaji village had a population of 637. That makes it the 55th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,257 residents.

Goja Thaji village has 357 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goja Thaji has about 784 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Goja Thaji is 191111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goja Thaji covers 69.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Goja Thaji falls under Khansahib tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Goja Thaji is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 18 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 village for Goja Thaji.

Goja Thaji is about 15 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goja Thaji is in Khansahib tehsil of Badgam district. Khansahib is about 4.8 km away. Badgam is about 15 km away. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Qadus (1.7 km), Chak Shera (2.2 km) and Arizal (2.4 km).

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

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