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About Gobarhappa Village

Gobarhappa is a mid sized village in Kanke tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 630, made up of 313 males and 317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 834006, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gobarhappa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gobarhappa village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ranchi
Tehsil Kanke
Pincode 834006
Area (hectares) 95.1 hectares
Population 630
Male Population 313
Female Population 317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
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 Gobarhappa compares

By the 2011 count Gobarhappa is the 88th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents. Its 95.1 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Gobarhappa

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

Gobarhappa lies about 18 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Hundur Halt, about under 2 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 Gobarhappa
Nearest railway station Hundur Halt under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kanke 9.5 km
District headquarters Ranchi 18 km

Villages closest to Gobarhappa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gobarhappa village had a population of 630. That makes it the 88th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents.

Gobarhappa village has 313 males and 317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gobarhappa has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Gobarhappa is 834006. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gobarhappa covers 95.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gobarhappa falls under Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gobarhappa is Hundur Halt, about under 2 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 Gobarhappa.

Gobarhappa is about 18 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gobarhappa is in Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district. Hundur Halt is about under 2 km away. Kanke is about 9.5 km away. Ranchi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hundur (under 2 km), Siddi (under 2 km) and Chari (under 2 km).

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

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