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About Goalpota Village

Goalpota is a small village in Kharagpur II tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 64, made up of 36 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 778 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721149, 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 Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Kharagpur II
Pincode 721149
Area (hectares) 17.91 hectares
Population 64
Male Population 36
Female Population 28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 778
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Goalpota compares

By the 2011 count Goalpota is the 299th largest of the 317 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 560 residents. Its 17.91 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Goalpota

Goalpota is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Goalpota as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Gharaigerya, Gharbarpur, Gholagere and Ghoratara. 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 Goalpota

As per the Census of India 2011, Goalpota village had a population of 64. That makes it the 299th largest of the 317 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 560 residents.

Goalpota village has 36 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goalpota has about 778 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Goalpota is 721149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goalpota covers 17.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goalpota falls under Kharagpur II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Goalpota notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Goalpota.

Goalpota is in Kharagpur II 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.

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

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