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About Gopalnagar Village

Gopalnagar is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 246, made up of 120 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gopalnagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gopalnagar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Maheshpur
Pincode 814111
Area (hectares) 87.22 hectares
Population 246
Male Population 120
Female Population 126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,050
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 Gopalnagar compares

By the 2011 count Gopalnagar is the 232nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 87.22 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Gopalnagar

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

Gopalnagar lies about 10 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Nagarnabi, about 11 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 Gopalnagar
District headquarters Pakur 10 km
Nearest railway station Nagarnabi 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Maheshpur 11 km

Villages closest to Gopalnagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gopalnagar village had a population of 246. That makes it the 232nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Gopalnagar village has 120 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gopalnagar has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Gopalnagar is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gopalnagar covers 87.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gopalnagar falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gopalnagar is Nagarnabi, about 11 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 Gopalnagar.

Gopalnagar is about 10 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gopalnagar is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Pakur is about 10 km away. Nagarnabi is about 11 km away. Maheshpur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramjitpur (under 2 km), Debinagarr (under 2 km) and Dhobna (1.8 km).

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

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