About Gopalpur Village

Gopalpur is a small village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 172, made up of 87 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gopalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gopalpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Chhatarpur
Pincode	822113
Area (hectares)	86 hectares
Population	172
Male Population	87
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
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 Gopalpur compares

By the 2011 count Gopalpur is the 107th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents. Its 86 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Gopalpur

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

Gopalpur lies about 19 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Jarangdih, 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 Gopalpur
Nearest town	Kathhāra	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Jarangdih	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhatarpur	19 km
District headquarters	Palamu	19 km

Villages closest to Gopalpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gopalpur village had a population of 172. That makes it the 107th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents.

Gopalpur village has 87 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gopalpur has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Gopalpur is 822113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gopalpur covers 86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gopalpur falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gopalpur is Jarangdih, 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 Gopalpur.

Gopalpur is about 19 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gopalpur is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Palamu district. Kathhāra is about 9.3 km away. Jarangdih is about 11 km away. Chhatarpur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.