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About Gopalpur Village

Gopalpur is a small village in Saraikela tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 314, made up of 174 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 805 females per 1000 males. The village covers 427 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, 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 Saraikela
Pincode 833220
Area (hectares) 427 hectares
Population 314
Male Population 174
Female Population 140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 805
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gopalpur compares

By the 2011 count Gopalpur is the 95th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 435 residents. Its 427 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1006.

Getting to Gopalpur

The census records public bus service for Gopalpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 3.4 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Sini Junction, 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
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 3.4 km
Nearest railway station Sini Junction 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Saraikela 12 km
Nearest town Bhetia 22 km

Villages closest to Gopalpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gopalpur village had a population of 314. That makes it the 95th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 435 residents.

Gopalpur village has 174 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gopalpur has about 805 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Gopalpur is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gopalpur covers 427 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Gopalpur is Sini Junction, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gopalpur.

Gopalpur is about 3.4 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 Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 3.4 km away. Sini Junction is about 3.4 km away. Saraikela is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ranka Kocha (1.6 km), Serengda (1.8 km) and Kursonpur (2.2 km).

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

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