About Gholai Village

Gholai is a small village in Sankrail tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 107, made up of 55 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gholai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gholai village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Sankrail
Pincode	721135
Area (hectares)	75.05 hectares
Population	107
Male Population	55
Female Population	52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gholai compares

By the 2011 count Gholai is the 223rd largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 75.05 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Gholai

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

Gholai lies about 102 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Agarpara, about 2.5 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 Gholai
Nearest railway station	Agarpara	2.5 km
Nearest town	Pānihāti	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankrail	24 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	102 km

Villages closest to Gholai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gholai village had a population of 107. That makes it the 223rd largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Gholai village has 55 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gholai has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Gholai is 721135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gholai covers 75.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gholai falls under Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Gholai is Agarpara, about 2.5 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 Gholai.

Gholai is about 102 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gholai is in Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Agarpara is about 2.5 km away. Pānihāti is about 3.5 km away. Sankrail is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.