About Gopalpur Village

Gopalpur is a small village in Kharsawan tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 405, made up of 207 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gopalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gopalpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Kharsawan
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	78 hectares
Population	405
Male Population	207
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
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 Gopalpur compares

By the 2011 count Gopalpur is the 80th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 78 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Gopalpur

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

Gopalpur lies about 23 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Barabambo, about 3.4 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 Gopalpur
Nearest railway station	Barabambo	3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharsawan	11 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	14 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	23 km

Villages closest to Gopalpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gopalpur village had a population of 405. That makes it the 80th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Gopalpur village has 207 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gopalpur has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Gopalpur is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gopalpur covers 78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gopalpur falls under Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gopalpur is Barabambo, about 3.4 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 Gopalpur.

Gopalpur is about 23 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gopalpur is in Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Barabambo is about 3.4 km away. Kharsawan is about 11 km away. Chakradharpur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.