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About Gotgaon Village

Gotgaon is a mid sized village in Kaliaganj tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 648, made up of 351 males and 297 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gotgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gotgaon village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Kaliaganj
Pincode 733129
Area (hectares) 150.94 hectares
Population 648
Male Population 351
Female Population 297
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gotgaon compares

By the 2011 count Gotgaon is the 125th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents. Its 150.94 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Gotgaon

Gotgaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gotgaon 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Ganeshbati, Gangua, Ghatishal and Gogra. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Gotgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Gotgaon village had a population of 648. That makes it the 125th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents.

Gotgaon village has 351 males and 297 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gotgaon has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Gotgaon is 733129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gotgaon covers 150.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gotgaon falls under Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Gotgaon notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 Gotgaon.

Gotgaon is in Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gotgaon today is likely to be higher.

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