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About Golakchak Village

Golakchak is a small village in Salbani tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 190, made up of 109 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 743 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Golakchak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Golakchak village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Salbani
Pincode 721102
Area (hectares) 96.56 hectares
Population 190
Male Population 109
Female Population 81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 743
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Golakchak compares

By the 2011 count Golakchak is the 251st largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 460 residents. Its 96.56 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Golakchak

Golakchak is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Golakchak as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Godamauli, Godapiasol, Gohaldanga and Gohaldi. 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 Golakchak

As per the Census of India 2011, Golakchak village had a population of 190. That makes it the 251st largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 460 residents.

Golakchak village has 109 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Golakchak has about 743 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Golakchak is 721102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Golakchak covers 96.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Golakchak falls under Salbani tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

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

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

Golakchak is in Salbani 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 Golakchak today is likely to be higher.

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