About Gosa Village

Gosa is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 123, made up of 56 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,196 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gosa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gosa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814120
Area (hectares)	25.86 hectares
Population	123
Male Population	56
Female Population	67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,196
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 Gosa compares

By the 2011 count Gosa is the 348th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 25.86 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Gosa

Gosa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gosa 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. The nearest villages by name are Ghormara, Gidhni, Gilkarhia and Godimba. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Gosa

As per the Census of India 2011, Gosa village had a population of 123. That makes it the 348th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Gosa village has 56 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gosa has about 1196 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

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

Gosa covers 25.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gosa falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Gosa notes the nearest railway station 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 Gosa.

Gosa is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.