About Gopalpur Village

Gopalpur is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 433, made up of 232 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gopalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gopalpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814120
Area (hectares)	60.29 hectares
Population	433
Male Population	232
Female Population	201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gopalpur compares

By the 2011 count Gopalpur is the 110th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 60.29 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Gopalpur

Gopalpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gopalpur as Available within 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 Gopalpur from other places

Gopalpur lies about 30 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jarmundi	21 km
District headquarters	Dumka	30 km

Villages closest to Gopalpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jarmundi 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 433. That makes it the 110th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Gopalpur village has 232 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gopalpur has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Gopalpur is 814120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gopalpur covers 60.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gopalpur falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gopalpur is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gopalpur.

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

Gopalpur is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 21 km away. Jarmundi is about 21 km away. Dumka is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.