About Gotag Village

Gotag is a small village in Garu tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 206, made up of 109 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gotag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gotag village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Garu
Pincode	822107
Area (hectares)	227 hectares
Population	206
Male Population	109
Female Population	97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
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 Gotag compares

By the 2011 count Gotag is the 54th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 439 residents. Its 227 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Gotag

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

Gotag lies about 18 km from Garu, and the nearest railway station is Latehar, about 15 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 Gotag
Nearest railway station	Latehar	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garu	18 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	18 km

Villages closest to Gotag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gotag village had a population of 206. That makes it the 54th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 439 residents.

Gotag village has 109 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gotag has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Gotag is 822107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gotag covers 227 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gotag falls under Garu tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gotag is Latehar, about 15 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 Gotag.

Gotag is about 18 km from Garu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gotag is in Garu tehsil of Latehar district. Latehar is about 15 km away. Garu is about 18 km away. Lātehār is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.