About Golhat Village

Golhat is a mid sized village in Itahar tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 544, made up of 290 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Golhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Golhat village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Itahar
Pincode	733128
Area (hectares)	76.26 hectares
Population	544
Male Population	290
Female Population	254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
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 Golhat compares

By the 2011 count Golhat is the 169th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents. Its 76.26 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Golhat

Golhat is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Golhat 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 Golhat from other places

Golhat lies about 71 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Sripur Halt, about 9.6 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 Golhat
Nearest railway station	Sripur Halt	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Itahar	18 km
Nearest town	Malda	32 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	71 km

Villages closest to Golhat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Golhat village had a population of 544. That makes it the 169th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents.

Golhat village has 290 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Golhat has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Golhat is 733128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Golhat covers 76.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Golhat falls under Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Golhat is Sripur Halt, about 9.6 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 Golhat.

Golhat is about 71 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Golhat is in Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Sripur Halt is about 9.6 km away. Itahar is about 18 km away. Malda is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.