About Golgo Village

Golgo is a mid sized village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,207, made up of 611 males and 596 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 307.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Golgo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Golgo village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	307.34 hectares
Population	1,207
Male Population	611
Female Population	596
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
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 Golgo compares

By the 2011 count Golgo is the 29th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 307.34 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Golgo

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

Golgo lies about 25 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 20 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 Golgo
Tehsil headquarters	Bengabad	12 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	20 km
District headquarters	Giridih	25 km

Villages closest to Golgo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Golgo village had a population of 1,207. That makes it the 29th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Golgo village has 611 males and 596 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Golgo has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Golgo is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Golgo covers 307.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Golgo falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Golgo is Maheshmunda Junction, about 20 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 Golgo.

Golgo is about 25 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Golgo is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about 12 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 20 km away. Giridih is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.