About Goga Village

Goga is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 77, made up of 41 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.07 hectares hectares.

Goga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Area (hectares)	44.07 hectares
Population	77
Male Population	41
Female Population	36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Goga compares

By the 2011 count Goga is the 143rd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 44.07 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 Goga

Goga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Goga 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Goga from other places

Goga lies about 13 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, about 2.8 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 Goga
Nearest railway station	Karanpurato	2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	7.6 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	13 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	13 km

Villages closest to Goga

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

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Common questions about Goga

As per the Census of India 2011, Goga village had a population of 77. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Goga village has 41 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goga has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Goga covers 44.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Goga falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Goga is Karanpurato, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 10+ km distance for Goga.

Goga is about 13 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goga is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Karanpurato is about 2.8 km away. Taljhari is about 7.6 km away. Sahibganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.