About Goalpota Village

Goalpota is a large village in Haroa tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,596, made up of 1,360 males and 1,236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743425, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goalpota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goalpota village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Haroa
Pincode	743425
Area (hectares)	121.87 hectares
Population	2,596
Male Population	1,360
Female Population	1,236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Goalpota compares

By the 2011 count Goalpota is the 32nd largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,382 residents. Its 121.87 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Goalpota

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

Goalpota lies about 48 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Kavi Sukanta, about 6.4 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 Goalpota
Nearest railway station	Kavi Sukanta	6.4 km
Nearest town	Rajpur Sonarpur	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Haroa	25 km
District headquarters	North Twenty Four Parganas	48 km

Villages closest to Goalpota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goalpota village had a population of 2,596. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,382 residents.

Goalpota village has 1,360 males and 1,236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goalpota has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Goalpota is 743425. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goalpota covers 121.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Goalpota falls under Haroa tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Goalpota is Kavi Sukanta, about 6.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Goalpota.

Goalpota is about 48 km from North Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goalpota is in Haroa tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Kavi Sukanta is about 6.4 km away. Rajpur Sonarpur is about 7.6 km away. Haroa is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.