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About Goyal Village

Goyal is a mid sized village in Alot tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 668, made up of 340 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 669.91 hectares hectares.

Goyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goyal village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Alot
Area (hectares) 669.91 hectares
Population 668
Male Population 340
Female Population 328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 965
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Goyal compares

By the 2011 count Goyal is the 48th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 840 residents. Its 669.91 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Goyal

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

Goyal lies about 76 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Vikramgarh Alot, about 11 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 Goyal
Tehsil headquarters Alot 9.1 km
Nearest railway station Vikramgarh Alot 11 km
District headquarters Ratlam 76 km

Villages closest to Goyal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goyal village had a population of 668. That makes it the 48th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 840 residents.

Goyal village has 340 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goyal has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

Goyal covers 669.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Goyal falls under Alot tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Goyal is Vikramgarh Alot, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Goyal.

Goyal is about 76 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goyal is in Alot tehsil of Ratlam district. Alot is about 9.1 km away. Vikramgarh Alot is about 11 km away. Ratlam is about 76 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kamla Khedi (1.6 km), Bhim (2.2 km) and Satti Kheda (2.5 km).

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

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