About Goyelkera Village

Goyelkera is a small village in Verno tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 366, made up of 176 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goyelkera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goyelkera village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Verno
Pincode	835224
Area (hectares)	149 hectares
Population	366
Male Population	176
Female Population	190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,080
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 Goyelkera compares

By the 2011 count Goyelkera is the 62nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents. Its 149 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Goyelkera

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

Goyelkera lies about 29 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 18 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 Goyelkera
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Verno	29 km
District headquarters	Gumla	29 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	29 km

Villages closest to Goyelkera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goyelkera village had a population of 366. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents.

Goyelkera village has 176 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goyelkera has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Goyelkera is 835224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goyelkera covers 149 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goyelkera falls under Verno tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Goyelkera is Bakaspur, about 18 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 Goyelkera.

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

Goyelkera is in Verno tehsil of Gumla district. Bakaspur is about 18 km away. Verno is about 29 km away. Gumla is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.