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About Gokula Village

Gokula is a mid sized village in Amethi tehsil, in the district of Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 646, made up of 310 males and 336 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.68 hectares hectares.

Gokula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gokula village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sultanpur
Tehsil Amethi
Area (hectares) 179.68 hectares
Population 646
Male Population 310
Female Population 336
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,084
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gokula compares

By the 2011 count Gokula is the 207th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents. Its 179.68 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Gokula

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

Gokula lies about 40 km from Sultanpur, and the nearest railway station is Misrauli, about 13 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 Gokula
Nearest railway station Misrauli 13 km
Nearest town Lālganj 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Amethi 14 km
District headquarters Sultanpur 40 km

Villages closest to Gokula

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gokula village had a population of 646. That makes it the 207th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents.

Gokula village has 310 males and 336 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gokula has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Gokula covers 179.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gokula falls under Amethi tehsil of Sultanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gokula is Misrauli, about 13 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 km distance and private bus service as Available for Gokula.

Gokula is about 40 km from Sultanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gokula is in Amethi tehsil of Sultanpur district. Misrauli is about 13 km away. Lālganj is about 13 km away. Amethi is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manga Gopalpur (2.0 km), Kansa Pur (2.3 km) and Bhava Pur (3.0 km).

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

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