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About Purba Goalgaon Village

Purba Goalgaon is a mid sized village in Karandighi tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,707, made up of 900 males and 807 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Goalgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Goalgaon village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Karandighi
Pincode 733201
Area (hectares) 89.84 hectares
Population 1,707
Male Population 900
Female Population 807
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purba Goalgaon compares

By the 2011 count Purba Goalgaon is the 77th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents. Its 89.84 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Purba Goalgaon

Purba Goalgaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Purba Goalgaon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Purba Goalgaon from other places

Purba 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 Purba Goalgaon
Nearest railway station Dalkhola 3.0 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Karandighi 13 km
Nearest town Kishanganj 25 km

Villages closest to Purba Goalgaon

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

Common questions about Purba Goalgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Goalgaon village had a population of 1,707. That makes it the 77th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,842 residents.

Purba Goalgaon village has 900 males and 807 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Goalgaon has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Purba Goalgaon is 733201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Goalgaon covers 89.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purba Goalgaon falls under Karandighi tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Purba Goalgaon.

Purba 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.

Purba Goalgaon is in Karandighi tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Dalkhola is about 3.0 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 10 km away. Karandighi is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paschim Goalgaon (under 2 km), Chengatoli (1.5 km) and Malkot (2.0 km).

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

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