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About Goalapahar Village

Goalapahar is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 110, made up of 63 males and 47 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 746 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goalapahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goalapahar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Pincode 816116
Area (hectares) 106 hectares
Population 110
Male Population 63
Female Population 47
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 746
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Goalapahar compares

By the 2011 count Goalapahar is the 125th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Goalapahar

Goalapahar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Goalapahar 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 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Garia, Garki, Garudhab and Ghoghi. 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.

Common questions about Goalapahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Goalapahar village had a population of 110. That makes it the 125th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Goalapahar village has 63 males and 47 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goalapahar has about 746 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Goalapahar is 816116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goalapahar covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Goalapahar falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Goalapahar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 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 Goalapahar.

Goalapahar is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj 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.

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

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