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About Gopikantapur Village

Gopikantapur is a small village in Sainthia tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 289, made up of 141 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gopikantapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gopikantapur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Sainthia
Pincode 731201
Area (hectares) 60.72 hectares
Population 289
Male Population 141
Female Population 148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,050
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gopikantapur compares

By the 2011 count Gopikantapur is the 176th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 862 residents. Its 60.72 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Gopikantapur

Gopikantapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gopikantapur 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Ganutia, Gargaria, Garurpur and Ghasbera. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Gopikantapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gopikantapur village had a population of 289. That makes it the 176th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 862 residents.

Gopikantapur village has 141 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gopikantapur has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Gopikantapur is 731201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gopikantapur covers 60.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gopikantapur falls under Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The census record for Gopikantapur notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 Gopikantapur.

Gopikantapur is in Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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