# Gokhulpur Village, Chandi, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Chandi, Nalanda 

# Gokhulpur

Gokhulpur is a village in Chandi sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,959 people in 377 households**, the 25th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 1,959people (2011)
- 377households
- 71.3%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Gokhulpur PIN code and other codes

Gokhulpur falls in Chandi sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChandi
- Community development blockChandi
- Census village code244359

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Gokhulpur from nearby towns?

- Chandi (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)25 km by road
- Hilsa (nearest town)10 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Gokhulpur?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Gokhulpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bhagwanpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Biharsharif
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Harnaut
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 3 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gokhulpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 88% of the 178 hectares of village land is sown, and 142 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Gokhulpur

Of every 100 households in Gokhulpur in 2011, 7 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gokhulpur · ■ Chandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**74%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**92%

Use banking services ****58%**

**50%

Television ****23%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gokhulpur?

■ Gokhulpur · ■ Chandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1008**

**940

Working population ****46.8%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 63.6% for women. 53% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (20%) · **■** Household industry 23 (3%) · **■** Other work 127 (14%) · **■** Marginal 477 (52%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Chandi

- Kalianpur Bali2,313 people
- Satnag2,185 people
- Beldhana2,068 people
- Naili1,990 people
- Lodipur Purajit1,941 people
- Bahadurpur1,892 people
- Kaithir1,853 people
- Hanumangarh1,695 people

[All 71 villages in Chandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/chandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gokhulpur from Biharsharif?25 km by road
- What is the population of Gokhulpur?1,959 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gokhulpur in?Nalanda district (Chandi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gokhulpur?71.3% (Census 2011)
