About Gosainpahari Village

Gosainpahari is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 349, made up of 172 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gosainpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gosainpahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	220 hectares
Population	349
Male Population	172
Female Population	177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
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 Gosainpahari compares

By the 2011 count Gosainpahari is the 143rd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 220 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Gosainpahari

Gosainpahari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gosainpahari 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 Ghutkandar, Goldaha, Golpahar and Gopalpur. 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.

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Common questions about Gosainpahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Gosainpahari village had a population of 349. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Gosainpahari village has 172 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gosainpahari has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Gosainpahari is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gosainpahari covers 220 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gosainpahari falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Gosainpahari 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 Gosainpahari.

Gosainpahari is in Shikaripara 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.