Gokal Pur

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| settlement_type = Village

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| subdivision_name1 = Delhi

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| subdivision_name2 = North East

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| population_total = 90564

| population_as_of = 2001

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| postal_code = 110094

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Gokulpur is a historically significant, medium-sized village located in the Shahdara region of the Union Territory of Delhi, India. Situated approximately 7 miles east of Delhi on the Delhi–Saharanpur Road and near the banks of the Yamuna River, it lies close to the Delhi–Uttar Pradesh border. {{Cite web |last=Raj |first=Baldev |date=1964

|title=Socio-Economic Study of Village Gokulpur, Part VI No-II, Vol-XIX, Delhi - Census 1961

|url=https://new.census.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31982

|access-date=2025-04-26 |website=censusindia.gov.in}}

{{Cite web |title=Samalka Village, New Delhi-37 |url=https://udd.delhi.gov.in/node/57215 |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=udd.delhi.gov.in}}

Demographics

{{Historical population

| source = Government of India{{cite web |title=Census Tables |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=6 January 2024}}

|1981 | 14972

|1991 | 49186

|2001 | 91159

|2011 | 121870

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{{As of|2001}} India census,{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}} Gokal Pur had a population of 90,564. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Gokal Pur has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 63%, and female literacy is 52%. In Gokal Pur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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