About Goalapota Village

Goalapota is a small village in Sonarpur tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 188, made up of 95 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 700150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goalapota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goalapota village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Sonarpur
Pincode	700150
Area (hectares)	47.6 hectares
Population	188
Male Population	95
Female Population	93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Goalapota compares

By the 2011 count Goalapota is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,716 residents. Its 47.6 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Goalapota

Goalapota is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Goalapota 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Goalapota from other places

Goalapota lies about 38 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Kavi Sukanta, about 6.4 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 Goalapota
Nearest railway station	Kavi Sukanta	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonarpur	7.6 km
Nearest town	Rajpur Sonarpur	7.6 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	38 km

Villages closest to Goalapota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goalapota village had a population of 188. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,716 residents.

Goalapota village has 95 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goalapota has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Goalapota is 700150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goalapota covers 47.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goalapota falls under Sonarpur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Goalapota is Kavi Sukanta, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Goalapota.

Goalapota is about 38 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.

Goalapota is in Sonarpur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Kavi Sukanta is about 6.4 km away. Sonarpur is about 7.6 km away. Rajpur Sonarpur is about 7.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.