Gobag

Gobag গোবাগ
Village
Gobag Gobag Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 23°34′46.9″N 86°45′42.8″E / 23.579694°N 86.761889°ECoordinates: 23°34′46.9″N 86°45′42.8″E / 23.579694°N 86.761889°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
Population (2011)
• Total	1,395
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	723121 (Adra)
Telephone/STD code	03251
Lok Sabha constituency	Bankura
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Raghunathpur
Website	purulia.gov.in
http://www.neturia.org/home.php

Gobag is a village in Neturia CD Block in Raghunathpur subdivision of Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Gobag had a total population of 1,395 of which 715 (51%) were males and 680 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 165. The total number of literates in Gobag was 882 (71.71% of the population over 6 years).^[1]

CD Block HQ

The headquarters of Neturia CD Block are located at Gobag (Ramkanali).^{[2] [3]}

Transport

Adra–Asansol line
Legend
km to Bardhaman- Asansol section 0 Asansol to Asansol-Gaya section of Grand Chord 5 Burnpur IISCO Steel Plant (Steel Authority of India Limited) to Kalipahari (freight line) Colliery sidings 11 Damodar Damodar River 16 Madhukunda 23 Muradi Parbeliya Colliery 28 Ramkanali 33 Bero 38 Joychandi Pahar to Adra-Gomoh branch line 42 Adra to Adra-Kharagpur line to Adra-Purulia line

Ramkanali is a station on the Asansol-Adra line of South Eastern Railway.^[4]

References

1. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
2. "District Census Handbook: Puruliya" (PDF). Map of District Puruliya with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
3. "Neturia Development Block". Neturia Block. Neturia Block. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
4. "Asansol-Kharagpur Passenger 58018". indiarailinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2016.