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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Goala is a village in Mayureswar-I mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, located at 24.098°N, 87.721°E. It has a population of 2,712 across 629 households with a literacy rate of 61.2%. The postal code is 731216.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KABITA BISWAS
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- LGD code
- 316527
- Pincode
- 731216
- Post office
- Mallarpur
- Population
- 2,712
- Households
- 629
- Literacy rate
- 61.2%
- Sex ratio
- 996 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,267
- Distance to district centre
- 20 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 182 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1161 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mallarpur · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mallarpur Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Goala compares
By population, Goala ranks #14 of 113 villages in Mayureswar - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.2%
−0.8% vs mandal average
Goala61.2%
Mayureswar - I mandal62.0%
Birbhum district61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
996
+35 vs mandal average
Goala996
Mayureswar - I mandal961
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
Goala4.3
Mayureswar - I mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Goala at a glance
Goala is a village of 2,712 people in 629 households (Census 2011) in Mayureswar - I block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 14th-largest of 113 villages in Mayureswar - I block. Literacy is 61%, about the same as the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Birbhum district centre, 13 km from Mayureswar, the nearest town, 2 km from Mallarpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731216, served by Mallarpur post office; the LGD village code is 316527. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mallarpur Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is KABITA BISWAS, and the village votes in Mayureswar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dudh Kumar Mondal. The population is estimated at 3,034 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Goala
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 433.76
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 381.21
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Goala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Goala
- LGD code
- 316527
- Pincode
- 731216
- Post office
- Mallarpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,712
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,034
- Households
- 629
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 996
- Literacy rate
- 61.2%
- Coordinates
- 24.09808°N, 87.72141°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mayureswar
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dudh Kumar Mondal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KABITA BISWAS
- Block / Mandal
- Mayureswar - I
Getting there
How to reach Goala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata182 kmcapital
- Delhi1161 km
- Hyderabad1216 km
- Chennai1454 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMallarpur2 km
- Hospital / PHCMallarpur Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankBank of India, Khargram27 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump29 km
- CollegeRaja Birendra Chandra College36 km
- Police stationRaghunathganj Police station54 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Goala
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Malleswar Siva templeTemple3.1 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731216
- MallarpurMayureswar - I mandal6,471 pop
- BaraturigramMayureswar - I mandal5,968 pop
- SanakpurMayureswar - I mandal5,050 pop
- SekhpurMayureswar - I mandal4,638 pop
- HazipurMayureswar - I mandal4,345 pop
- RangtaraMayureswar - I mandal4,120 pop
- BirchandrapurMayureswar - I mandal3,808 pop
- LachhiatorMayureswar - I mandal3,267 pop
- DabukMayureswar - I mandal3,096 pop
Villages near Goala
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)