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About Gobra Village

Gobra is a mid sized village in Koil tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,377, made up of 726 males and 651 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 202129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gobra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gobra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Aligarh
Tehsil Koil
Pincode 202129
Area (hectares) 233.01 hectares
Population 1,377
Male Population 726
Female Population 651
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gobra compares

By the 2011 count Gobra is the 199th largest of the 357 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,099 residents. Its 233.01 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Gobra

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

Gobra lies about 28 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Sikandra Rao, about 15 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 Gobra
Nearest town Chharra 13 km
Nearest railway station Sikandra Rao 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Koil 28 km
District headquarters Aligarh 28 km

Villages closest to Gobra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gobra village had a population of 1,377. That makes it the 199th largest of the 357 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,099 residents.

Gobra village has 726 males and 651 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gobra has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 881.

The pincode recorded for Gobra is 202129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gobra covers 233.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gobra falls under Koil tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gobra is Sikandra Rao, about 15 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 Gobra.

Gobra is about 28 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gobra is in Koil tehsil of Aligarh district. Chharra is about 13 km away. Sikandra Rao is about 15 km away. Koil is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Govardhanpur (under 2 km), Sapera Bhanpur (under 2 km) and Niserabad (1.8 km).

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

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