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About Goutampur Village

Goutampur is a mid sized village in Goharganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,302, made up of 685 males and 617 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 377.14 hectares hectares.

Goutampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goutampur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Goharganj
Area (hectares) 377.14 hectares
Population 1,302
Male Population 685
Female Population 617
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 901
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Goutampur compares

By the 2011 count Goutampur is the 27th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 377.14 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Goutampur

Goutampur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Goutampur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Goutampur from other places

Goutampur lies about 51 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Obaidullaganj, about 9.1 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 Goutampur
Nearest railway station Obaidullaganj 9.1 km
Nearest town Ubaidullāhganj 9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Goharganj 17 km
District headquarters Raisen 51 km

Villages closest to Goutampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goutampur village had a population of 1,302. That makes it the 27th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Goutampur village has 685 males and 617 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goutampur has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 911.

Goutampur covers 377.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goutampur falls under Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Goutampur is Obaidullaganj, about 9.1 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Goutampur.

Goutampur is about 51 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goutampur is in Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district. Obaidullaganj is about 9.1 km away. Ubaidullāhganj is about 9.4 km away. Goharganj is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nasipur (under 2 km), Bamnai (1.6 km) and Kesalwada (3.9 km).

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

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