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About Gobra Village

Gobra is a small village in Karma Tanr Vidyasagar tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 113 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815352, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gobra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gobra village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Jamtara
Tehsil Karma Tanr Vidyasagar
Pincode 815352
Area (hectares) 26.37 hectares
Population 226
Male Population 113
Female Population 113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Gobra compares

By the 2011 count Gobra is the 111th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 774 residents. Its 26.37 hectares work out to about 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Gobra

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

Gobra lies about 12 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Kaseetar Halt, about 9.8 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 Gobra
Nearest railway station Kaseetar Halt 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Karma Tanr Vidyasagar 12 km
District headquarters Jamtara 12 km
Nearest town Jāmtāra 12 km

Villages closest to Gobra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karma Tanr Vidyasagar 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.

Common questions about Gobra

As per the Census of India 2011, Gobra village had a population of 226. That makes it the 111th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 774 residents.

Gobra village has 113 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gobra has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

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

Gobra covers 26.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gobra falls under Karma Tanr Vidyasagar tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gobra is Kaseetar Halt, about 9.8 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 Gobra.

Gobra is about 12 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gobra is in Karma Tanr Vidyasagar tehsil of Jamtara district. Kaseetar Halt is about 9.8 km away. Karma Tanr Vidyasagar is about 12 km away. Jamtara is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Simla (under 2 km), Gangapur (under 2 km) and Kamardiha (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gobra today is likely to be higher.

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