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About Godabar Village

Godabar is a large village in Kultali tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,671, made up of 2,419 males and 2,252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 489.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743338, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Godabar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Godabar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Kultali
Pincode 743338
Area (hectares) 489.87 hectares
Population 4,671
Male Population 2,419
Female Population 2,252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
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 Godabar compares

By the 2011 count Godabar is the 22nd largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 5,327 residents. Its 489.87 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Godabar

Godabar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Godabar 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Godabar from other places

Godabar lies about 17 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Baharu, about 13 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 Godabar
Nearest railway station Baharu 13 km
Nearest town Jaynagar Majilpur 15 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Kultali 33 km

Villages closest to Godabar

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

Common questions about Godabar

As per the Census of India 2011, Godabar village had a population of 4,671. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,327 residents.

Godabar village has 2,419 males and 2,252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Godabar has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Godabar is 743338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Godabar covers 489.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Godabar falls under Kultali tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Godabar is Baharu, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Godabar.

Godabar is about 17 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Godabar is in Kultali tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Baharu is about 13 km away. Jaynagar Majilpur is about 15 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kaksaha (1.8 km), Pachua Khali (2.2 km) and Kripakhali (2.6 km).

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

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