About Gosang Village

Gosang is a mid sized village in Kandi tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,960, made up of 977 males and 983 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 469 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gosang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gosang village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Kandi
Pincode	822120
Area (hectares)	469 hectares
Population	1,960
Male Population	977
Female Population	983
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gosang compares

By the 2011 count Gosang is the 11th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents. Its 469 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Gosang

Gosang is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gosang as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gosang from other places

Gosang lies about 29 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Satbahini, about 6.1 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 Gosang
Nearest railway station	Satbahini	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandi	7.7 km
Nearest town	Bishrāmpur	22 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	29 km

Villages closest to Gosang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gosang village had a population of 1,960. That makes it the 11th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents.

Gosang village has 977 males and 983 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gosang has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Gosang is 822120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gosang covers 469 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gosang falls under Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gosang is Satbahini, about 6.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gosang.

Gosang is about 29 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gosang is in Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district. Satbahini is about 6.1 km away. Kandi is about 7.7 km away. Bishrāmpur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.