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About Goraipur Village

Goraipur is a mid sized village in Sainthia tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 961, made up of 495 males and 466 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goraipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goraipur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Sainthia
Pincode 731204
Area (hectares) 191.51 hectares
Population 961
Male Population 495
Female Population 466
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Goraipur compares

By the 2011 count Goraipur is the 66th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 862 residents. Its 191.51 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Goraipur

Goraipur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Goraipur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Gargaria, Garurpur, Ghasbera and Gopalpur. 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 Goraipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Goraipur village had a population of 961. That makes it the 66th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 862 residents.

Goraipur village has 495 males and 466 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goraipur has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Goraipur is 731204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goraipur covers 191.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Goraipur notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Goraipur.

Goraipur 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 Goraipur today is likely to be higher.

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