About Goalpur Village

Goalpur is a large village in Santipur tehsil, in the district of Nadia, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,158, made up of 2,194 males and 1,964 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 432.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 741404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goalpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
Tehsil	Santipur
Pincode	741404
Area (hectares)	432.81 hectares
Population	4,158
Male Population	2,194
Female Population	1,964
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Goalpur compares

By the 2011 count Goalpur is the 11th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,857 residents. Its 432.81 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Goalpur

Goalpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Goalpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Goalpur from other places

Goalpur lies about 36 km from Nadia, and the nearest railway station is Payradanga Rail Station, about under 2 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 Goalpur
Nearest railway station	Payradanga Rail Station	under 2 km
Nearest town	Rānāghāt	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Santipur	18 km
District headquarters	Nadia	36 km

Villages closest to Goalpur

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

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Common questions about Goalpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Goalpur village had a population of 4,158. That makes it the 11th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,857 residents.

Goalpur village has 2,194 males and 1,964 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goalpur has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Goalpur is 741404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goalpur covers 432.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Goalpur falls under Santipur tehsil of Nadia district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Goalpur is Payradanga Rail Station, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Goalpur is about 36 km from Nadia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goalpur is in Santipur tehsil of Nadia district. Payradanga Rail Station is about under 2 km away. Rānāghāt is about 6.0 km away. Santipur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.