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About Goliyar Village

Goliyar is a mid sized village in Chohtan tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 830, made up of 440 males and 390 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 413.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344708, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goliyar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goliyar village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Barmer
Tehsil Chohtan
Pincode 344708
Area (hectares) 413.04 hectares
Population 830
Male Population 440
Female Population 390
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Goliyar compares

By the 2011 count Goliyar is the 209th largest of the 420 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,145 residents. Its 413.04 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Goliyar

Goliyar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Goliyar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Goliyar from other places

Goliyar lies about 30 km from Barmer, and the nearest railway station is Jasai, about 22 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 Goliyar
Tehsil headquarters Chohtan 16 km
Nearest railway station Jasai 22 km
District headquarters Barmer 30 km
Nearest town Bārmer 30 km

Villages closest to Goliyar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goliyar village had a population of 830. That makes it the 209th largest of the 420 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,145 residents.

Goliyar village has 440 males and 390 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goliyar has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 901.

The pincode recorded for Goliyar is 344708. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goliyar covers 413.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goliyar falls under Chohtan tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Goliyar is Jasai, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Goliyar.

Goliyar is about 30 km from Barmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goliyar is in Chohtan tehsil of Barmer district. Chohtan is about 16 km away. Jasai is about 22 km away. Barmer is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Taratara (6.0 km), Taratara Math (6.0 km) and Taratarader (6.0 km).

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

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