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About Golkera Village

Golkera is a small village in Rania tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 372, made up of 177 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,102 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Golkera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Golkera village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Rania
Pincode 835227
Area (hectares) 192 hectares
Population 372
Male Population 177
Female Population 195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,102
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Golkera compares

By the 2011 count Golkera is the 40th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 601 residents. Its 192 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Golkera

Golkera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Golkera as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Golkera from other places

Golkera lies about 38 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 14 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 Golkera
Tehsil headquarters Rania 4.2 km
Nearest railway station Pakra 14 km
District headquarters Khunti 38 km

Villages closest to Golkera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Golkera village had a population of 372. That makes it the 40th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 601 residents.

Golkera village has 177 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Golkera has about 1102 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Golkera is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Golkera covers 192 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Golkera falls under Rania tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Golkera is Pakra, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Golkera.

Golkera is about 38 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Golkera is in Rania tehsil of Khunti district. Rania is about 4.2 km away. Pakra is about 14 km away. Khunti is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gorsod (under 2 km), Dahu (under 2 km) and Balankel (under 2 km).

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

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