| Gocharan | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal##Location in India |
| Coordinates: | 22.2799°N 88.454°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | CD Block |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
| Subdivision Name2: | South 24 Parganas |
| Subdivision Name3: | Baruipur |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.53 |
| Elevation M: | 9 |
| Population Total: | 1147 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali[1] [2] |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Additional official |
| Demographics1 Info2: | English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 743391 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | +91 33 |
| Registration Plate: | WB-19 to WB-22, WB-95 to WB-99 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Jadavpur |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Baruipur Purba (SC) |
Gocharan is a village within the jurisdiction of the Baruipur police station in the Baruipur CD block in the Baruipur subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Gocharan is located at 22.2799°N 88.454°W. It has an average elevation of .
As per 2011 Census of India, Gocharan had a total population of 1,147.[3]
Gocharan is on the State Highway 1.[4]
Gocharan railway station is on the Sealdah–Namkhana line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system.[4] [5]
With the electrification of the railways, suburban traffic has grown tremendously since the 1960s. As of 2005–06, more than 1.7 million (17 lakhs) commuters use the Kolkata Suburban Railway system daily. After the partition of India, refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan and Bangladesh had a strong impact on the development of urban areas in the periphery of Kolkata. The new immigrants depended on Kolkata for their livelihood, thus increasing the number of commuters. Eastern Railway runs 1,272 EMU trains daily.[6]
There is a primary health centre, with 6 beds, at Panchgachhia (PO Gocharan).[7]