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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BALRAM PORTE
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- LGD code
- 438670
- Pincode
- 495112
- Post office
- Ganiyari
- Population
- 916
- Households
- 198
- Literacy rate
- 66%
- Sex ratio
- 928 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 488
Census 2011 · in context
How Gokulpur compares
By population, Gokulpur ranks #52 of 71 villages in Sankari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.0%
+6.9% vs mandal average
- Gokulpur
- 66.0%
- Sankari mandal
- 59.1%
- Bilaspur district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
928
−29 vs mandal average
- Gokulpur
- 928
- Sankari mandal
- 957
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Gokulpur
- 4.6
- Sankari mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gokulpur at a glance
Gokulpur is a village of 916 people in 198 households (Census 2011) in Sankari tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 52nd-largest of 71 villages in Sankari tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495112, served by Ganiyari post office; the LGD village code is 438670. The sarpanch is BALRAM PORTE, and the village votes in Abhanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indra Kumar Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,080 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gokulpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KOTA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 21
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHUNDA
- Total area (ha)
- 262.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 31.56
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gokulpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gokulpur
- LGD code
- 438670
- Pincode
- 495112
- Post office
- Ganiyari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 916
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,080
- Households
- 198
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 928
- Literacy rate
- 66.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Abhanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indra Kumar Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BALRAM PORTE
- Block / Mandal
- Sankari
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)