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About Goitha Village

Goitha is a mid sized village in Dudhi tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,137, made up of 597 males and 540 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 597.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 232221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goitha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goitha village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Dudhi
Pincode 232221
Area (hectares) 597.68 hectares
Population 1,137
Male Population 597
Female Population 540
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 905
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Goitha compares

By the 2011 count Goitha is the 139th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents. Its 597.68 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Goitha

Goitha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Goitha as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Goitha from other places

Goitha lies about 66 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Mahuariya, about 9.0 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 Goitha
Nearest railway station Mahuariya 9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Dudhi 13 km
Nearest town Renukūt 32 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 66 km

Villages closest to Goitha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goitha village had a population of 1,137. That makes it the 139th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents.

Goitha village has 597 males and 540 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goitha has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Goitha is 232221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goitha covers 597.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Goitha falls under Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Goitha is Mahuariya, about 9.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Goitha.

Goitha is about 66 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goitha is in Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Mahuariya is about 9.0 km away. Dudhi is about 13 km away. Renukūt is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhorpa (2.3 km), Harpura (2.5 km) and Chhatarpur (2.6 km).

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

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