About Goalkata Village

Goalkata is a mid sized village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,455, made up of 704 males and 751 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 450.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goalkata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goalkata village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Potka
Pincode	831002
Area (hectares)	450.99 hectares
Population	1,455
Male Population	704
Female Population	751
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,067
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 Goalkata compares

By the 2011 count Goalkata is the 28th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 450.99 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Goalkata

Goalkata is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Goalkata 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. The nearest villages by name are Gangadibera, Gargaon, Ghatiduba and Gitilata. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Goalkata

As per the Census of India 2011, Goalkata village had a population of 1,455. That makes it the 28th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Goalkata village has 704 males and 751 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goalkata has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Goalkata is 831002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goalkata covers 450.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goalkata falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Goalkata notes the nearest railway station 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 Goalkata.

Goalkata is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.