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About Goelkera Village

Goelkera is a mid sized village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,476, made up of 725 males and 751 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goelkera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goelkera village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Goilkera
Pincode 833105
Area (hectares) 382 hectares
Population 1,476
Male Population 725
Female Population 751
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Goelkera compares

By the 2011 count Goelkera is the 11th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 382 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Goelkera

The census records public bus service for Goelkera as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Goelkera from other places

Goelkera lies about 7.1 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Lotapahar, about 3.8 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 Goelkera
Nearest railway station Lotapahar 3.8 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 5.9 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Goilkera 27 km

Villages closest to Goelkera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goelkera village had a population of 1,476. That makes it the 11th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Goelkera village has 725 males and 751 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goelkera has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Goelkera is 833105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goelkera covers 382 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goelkera falls under Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Goelkera is Lotapahar, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Goelkera.

Goelkera is about 7.1 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goelkera is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Lotapahar is about 3.8 km away. Chakradharpur is about 5.9 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 7.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dalki (4.4 km), Gurguriya (7.5 km) and Dhobadiha (9.1 km).

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

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