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About Golruan Village

Golruan is a mid sized village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,149, made up of 560 males and 589 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1085.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Golruan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Golruan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Goilkera
Pincode 833103
Area (hectares) 1085.32 hectares
Population 1,149
Male Population 560
Female Population 589
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,052
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Golruan compares

By the 2011 count Golruan is the 18th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 1085.32 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1008.

Getting to Golruan

Golruan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Golruan 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Golruan from other places

Golruan lies about 39 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Derowan, about 5.6 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 Golruan
Nearest railway station Derowan 5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Goilkera 12 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 39 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 41 km

Villages closest to Golruan

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 Golruan

As per the Census of India 2011, Golruan village had a population of 1,149. That makes it the 18th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Golruan village has 560 males and 589 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Golruan has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Golruan is 833103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Golruan covers 1085.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Golruan is Derowan, about 5.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Golruan.

Golruan is about 39 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Golruan is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Derowan is about 5.6 km away. Goilkera is about 12 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mendisoya (under 2 km), Kotargara (2.0 km) and Bhaktauli (2.8 km).

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

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