About Goalgaon Village

Goalgaon is a large village in Goalpokhar II tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,710, made up of 1,875 males and 1,835 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 359.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goalgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goalgaon village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Goalpokhar II
Pincode	733208
Area (hectares)	359.36 hectares
Population	3,710
Male Population	1,875
Female Population	1,835
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Goalgaon compares

By the 2011 count Goalgaon is the 15th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents. Its 359.36 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Goalgaon

Goalgaon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Goalgaon as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Goalgaon from other places

Goalgaon lies about 10 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Dalkhola, about 3.0 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 Goalgaon
Nearest railway station	Dalkhola	3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goalpokhar II	10 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	10 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	25 km

Villages closest to Goalgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goalgaon village had a population of 3,710. That makes it the 15th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Goalgaon village has 1,875 males and 1,835 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goalgaon has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Goalgaon is 733208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goalgaon covers 359.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Goalgaon is Dalkhola, about 3.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Goalgaon.

Goalgaon is about 10 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goalgaon is in Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Dalkhola is about 3.0 km away. Goalpokhar II is about 10 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.