About Gokul Village

Gokul is a mid sized village in Bhokardan tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,074, made up of 570 males and 504 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 336.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gokul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gokul village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalna
Tehsil	Bhokardan
Pincode	431114
Area (hectares)	336.88 hectares
Population	1,074
Male Population	570
Female Population	504
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gokul compares

By the 2011 count Gokul is the 103rd largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents. Its 336.88 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Gokul

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

Gokul lies about 54 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Shendurni, about 42 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 Gokul
Tehsil headquarters	Bhokardan	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Shendurni	42 km
District headquarters	Jalna	54 km

Villages closest to Gokul

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Gokul

As per the Census of India 2011, Gokul village had a population of 1,074. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents.

Gokul village has 570 males and 504 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gokul has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Gokul is 431114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gokul covers 336.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gokul falls under Bhokardan tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Gokul is Shendurni, about 42 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gokul.

Gokul is about 54 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gokul is in Bhokardan tehsil of Jalna district. Bhokardan is about 5.8 km away. Shendurni is about 42 km away. Jalna is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.