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About Gomakalan Village

Gomakalan is a large village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,025, made up of 1,073 males and 952 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1123.24 hectares hectares.

Gomakalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gomakalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Rajnagar
Area (hectares) 1123.24 hectares
Population 2,025
Male Population 1,073
Female Population 952
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
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 Gomakalan compares

By the 2011 count Gomakalan is the 39th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents. Its 1123.24 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Gomakalan

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

How far is Gomakalan from other places

Gomakalan lies about 26 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rajnagar K, about 5.3 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 Gomakalan
Nearest railway station Rajnagar K 5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajnagar 8.8 km
Nearest town Khajuraho Group of Monuments 14 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 26 km

Villages closest to Gomakalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gomakalan village had a population of 2,025. That makes it the 39th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents.

Gomakalan village has 1,073 males and 952 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gomakalan has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Gomakalan covers 1123.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gomakalan falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gomakalan is Rajnagar K, about 5.3 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gomakalan.

Gomakalan is about 26 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gomakalan is in Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Rajnagar K is about 5.3 km away. Rajnagar is about 8.8 km away. Khajuraho Group of Monuments is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pipat (2.1 km), Jamunya (3.1 km) and Dalpatpura (3.8 km).

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

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