About Gokula Village

Gokula is a small village in Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 318, made up of 158 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815352, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gokula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gokula village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
Tehsil	Narayanpur
Pincode	815352
Area (hectares)	92.57 hectares
Population	318
Male Population	158
Female Population	160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
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 Gokula compares

By the 2011 count Gokula is the 146th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 651 residents. Its 92.57 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

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 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 133 km from Jamtara, 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	Narayanpur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Ekchari	21 km
Nearest town	Colgong	23 km
District headquarters	Jamtara	133 km

Villages closest to Gokula

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Narayanpur 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 318. That makes it the 146th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 651 residents.

Gokula village has 158 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gokula has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Gokula is 815352. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gokula covers 92.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gokula falls under Narayanpur tehsil of Jamtara 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gokula.

Gokula is about 133 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gokula is in Narayanpur tehsil of Jamtara district. Narayanpur is about 11 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.