Gokal Pur
city
Gokal Pur Location in India
Coordinates: 28°42′36″N 77°16′48″E / 28.71000°N 77.28000°E / 28.71000; 77.28000
Country	India
State	Delhi
District	North East
Population  (2001)
• Total	90,564
Languages
• Official	Hindi, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Gokal Pur also known as village gokalpur is a census town in North East district in the Indian state of Delhi. Gokal Pur Rajput more than 900 years ago( exact time/date is not known). There were two Brothers Rajput ) brothers, one is Gokal and other agrola. Gokal establish village Gokalpur and agrola established village Johripur. The present population majorly includes Gurjars, Pandits Rajputs, and Sain).

It was previously a village with cultivated land and few houses. But around 1967, the land was taken over by Land and Building department. The land than handed over to DDA (Delhi development authority). Wazirabad Road, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar college, MIG and LIG flats, etc. are all on the land that Land and Building department acquired from the Rajput and Brahm farmers of village gokalpur. Much to your surprise, the case against this acquisition of land (for a proper amount of acquisition and alternate land ) is still pending in court. The 4th generation of this village is still standing to fight for the case.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[2] 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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