About Gopalpur Village

Gopalpur is a small village in Itahar tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 426, made up of 223 males and 203 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gopalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gopalpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Itahar
Pincode	733128
Area (hectares)	112.4 hectares
Population	426
Male Population	223
Female Population	203
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gopalpur compares

By the 2011 count Gopalpur is the 181st 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 112.4 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Gopalpur

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

Gopalpur lies about 49 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Harishchandrapur, about 14 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 Gopalpur
Nearest railway station	Harishchandrapur	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Itahar	18 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	21 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	49 km

Villages closest to Gopalpur

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 Gopalpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gopalpur village had a population of 426. That makes it the 181st largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents.

Gopalpur village has 223 males and 203 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gopalpur has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 955.

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

Gopalpur covers 112.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gopalpur is Harishchandrapur, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gopalpur.

Gopalpur is about 49 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gopalpur is in Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Harishchandrapur is about 14 km away. Itahar is about 18 km away. Rāiganj is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.