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About Golegaon Village

Golegaon is a mid sized village in Patur tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 728, made up of 397 males and 331 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 943.25 hectares hectares.

Golegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Golegaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Akola
Tehsil Patur
Area (hectares) 943.25 hectares
Population 728
Male Population 397
Female Population 331
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 834
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Golegaon compares

By the 2011 count Golegaon is the 55th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,368 residents. Its 943.25 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Golegaon

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

Golegaon lies about 38 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Amanwadi, about 26 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 Golegaon
Tehsil headquarters Patur 13 km
Nearest town Pātūr 13 km
Nearest railway station Amanwadi 26 km
District headquarters Akola 38 km

Villages closest to Golegaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Golegaon village had a population of 728. That makes it the 55th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,368 residents.

Golegaon village has 397 males and 331 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Golegaon has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Golegaon covers 943.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Golegaon falls under Patur tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Golegaon is Amanwadi, about 26 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 Golegaon.

Golegaon is about 38 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Golegaon is in Patur tehsil of Akola district. Patur is about 13 km away. Pātūr is about 13 km away. Amanwadi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alegaon (1.7 km), Karla (3.5 km) and Gawandgaon (4.1 km).

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

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