About Gokula Village

Gokula is a small village in Mahagama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 266, made up of 136 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.58 hectares hectares.

Gokula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gokula village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Mahagama
Area (hectares)	44.58 hectares
Population	266
Male Population	136
Female Population	130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gokula compares

By the 2011 count Gokula is the 151st largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 788 residents. Its 44.58 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Gokula

Gokula is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gokula as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gokula from other places

Gokula lies about 28 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Ekchari, 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 Gokula
Tehsil headquarters	Mahagama	3.5 km
Nearest railway station	Ekchari	21 km
Nearest town	Colgong	23 km
District headquarters	Godda	28 km

Villages closest to Gokula

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gokula village had a population of 266. That makes it the 151st largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 788 residents.

Gokula village has 136 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gokula has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Gokula covers 44.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gokula falls under Mahagama tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gokula is Ekchari, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gokula.

Gokula is about 28 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gokula is in Mahagama tehsil of Godda district. Mahagama is about 3.5 km away. Ekchari is about 21 km away. Colgong is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.