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About Gokulpur Village

Gokulpur is a small village in Sankrail tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 340, made up of 168 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gokulpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gokulpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Sankrail
Pincode 721143
Area (hectares) 84.33 hectares
Population 340
Male Population 168
Female Population 172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gokulpur compares

By the 2011 count Gokulpur is the 130th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 84.33 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Gokulpur

Gokulpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gokulpur 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Garghata, Gholai, Ghorapara and Gobindapur. 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 Gokulpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gokulpur village had a population of 340. That makes it the 130th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Gokulpur village has 168 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gokulpur has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Gokulpur is 721143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gokulpur covers 84.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Gokulpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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 Gokulpur.

Gokulpur is in Sankrail 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 Gokulpur today is likely to be higher.

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