About Gholshahi Village

Gholshahi is a mid sized village in Ghatal tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,286, made up of 671 males and 615 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721232, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gholshahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gholshahi village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Ghatal
Pincode	721232
Area (hectares)	143.05 hectares
Population	1,286
Male Population	671
Female Population	615
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gholshahi compares

By the 2011 count Gholshahi is the 60th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,567 residents. Its 143.05 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Gholshahi

Gholshahi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gholshahi 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Erpala, Eyakubpur, Gangadaspur and Gangaprasad. 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.

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Common questions about Gholshahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Gholshahi village had a population of 1,286. That makes it the 60th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,567 residents.

Gholshahi village has 671 males and 615 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gholshahi has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Gholshahi is 721232. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gholshahi covers 143.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gholshahi falls under Ghatal tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Gholshahi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Gholshahi is in Ghatal tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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.