About Goalpokhar Village

Goalpokhar is a large village in Goalpokhar I tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,500, made up of 2,392 males and 2,108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 657.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goalpokhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goalpokhar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Goalpokhar I
Pincode	733210
Area (hectares)	657.6 hectares
Population	4,500
Male Population	2,392
Female Population	2,108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Goalpokhar compares

By the 2011 count Goalpokhar is the 15th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,223 residents. Its 657.6 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Goalpokhar

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

Goalpokhar lies about 26 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Gaisal, about 12 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 Goalpokhar
Nearest railway station	Gaisal	12 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goalpokhar I	26 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	26 km

Villages closest to Goalpokhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goalpokhar village had a population of 4,500. That makes it the 15th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,223 residents.

Goalpokhar village has 2,392 males and 2,108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goalpokhar has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Goalpokhar is 733210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goalpokhar covers 657.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Goalpokhar falls under Goalpokhar I tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Goalpokhar is Gaisal, about 12 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 Goalpokhar.

Goalpokhar is about 26 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goalpokhar is in Goalpokhar I tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Gaisal is about 12 km away. Kishanganj is about 17 km away. Goalpokhar I is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.