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About Gokulpur Village

Gokulpur is a small village in Nizamabad tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 292, made up of 153 males and 139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.45 hectares hectares.

Gokulpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gokulpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Nizamabad
Area (hectares) 63.45 hectares
Population 292
Male Population 153
Female Population 139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gokulpur compares

By the 2011 count Gokulpur is the 373rd largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 63.45 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1041.

Getting to Gokulpur

The census records public bus service for Gokulpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gokulpur from other places

Gokulpur lies about 12 km from Nizamabad, and the nearest railway station is Azamgarh, about 5.4 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 Gokulpur
Nearest railway station Azamgarh 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Nizamabad 12 km

Villages closest to Gokulpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gokulpur village had a population of 292. That makes it the 373rd largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Gokulpur village has 153 males and 139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gokulpur has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1041.

Gokulpur covers 63.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gokulpur falls under Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gokulpur is Azamgarh, about 5.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gokulpur.

Gokulpur is about 12 km from Nizamabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gokulpur is in Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district. Azamgarh is about 5.4 km away. Nizamabad is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gokulpur Aima (under 2 km), Gokulpur Khalsa (under 2 km) and Dharamdaspur (1.6 km).

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

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