For the Jat chieftain, see Gokula

Gokula

Gokula or Gokul Singh was a Jat chieftain of Sinsini village in Bharatpur district in Rajasthan, India. Later, he became a chieftain of Tilpat in Haryana. His father's name was Madu. Madu had four sons namely, Sindhuraj, Ola, Jhaman and Saman. The second son Ola later became famous as Gokula...

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For the Mumbai restaurant, see Gokul (restaurant)

Gokul (restaurant)

Gokul is a pub in Colaba, Mumbai. Located behind the Taj Mahal Hotel next to Regal Cinema, it is renowned for its cheap alcoholic beverages sold almost at retail value...

For Gokul Krishna Temple, see Gokul Krishna Temple

Tiruvaaippadi

Gokul or Tiruvaaippadi is one of the "Divya Desams", the 108 temples of Vishnu reverred by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars. located in Gokul in Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located 15 km south-east of Mathura...

Gokul is a town and a nagar panchayat

Nagar Panchayat

A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

 in Mathura district

Mathura District

Mathura District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of northern India. The historic town of Mathura is the district headquarters.The district is bounded on the northeast by Aligarh District, on the southeast by Hathras District, on the south by Agra District, and on the west by Rajasthan and...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

. It is located 15 km south-east of Mathura. It was the site of Krishnas childhood past-times.

In Vedic Scripture

Geography

Gokul is located at 27.45°N 77.72°E. It has an average elevation of 163 metres (534 feet).

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Gokul had a population of 4041. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Gokul has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 49%. In Gokul, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.