About Goja Village

Goja is a mid sized village in Palkot tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 689, made up of 338 males and 351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goja village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Palkot
Pincode	835220
Area (hectares)	352 hectares
Population	689
Male Population	338
Female Population	351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Goja compares

By the 2011 count Goja is the 40th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents. Its 352 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1020.

Getting to Goja

Goja is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Goja as Available within 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 Goja from other places

Goja lies about 16 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Pokla, about 34 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 Goja
Tehsil headquarters	Palkot	5.1 km
District headquarters	Gumla	16 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	16 km
Nearest railway station	Pokla	34 km

Villages closest to Goja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goja village had a population of 689. That makes it the 40th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents.

Goja village has 338 males and 351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goja has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Goja is 835220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goja covers 352 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Goja falls under Palkot tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Goja is Pokla, about 34 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 5 - 10 km distance for Goja.

Goja is about 16 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goja is in Palkot tehsil of Gumla district. Palkot is about 5.1 km away. Gumla is about 16 km away. Gumlā is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.