About Gorka Village

Gorka is a mid sized village in Goreswar tehsil, in the district of Baksa, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 933, made up of 504 males and 429 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236.75 hectares hectares.

Gorka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorka village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Baksa
Tehsil	Goreswar
Area (hectares)	236.75 hectares
Population	933
Male Population	504
Female Population	429
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gorka compares

By the 2011 count Gorka is the 81st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents. Its 236.75 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Gorka

Gorka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gorka as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Gopchar, Goreswar No 1, Goreswar No 3 and Goreswar No 4. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Gorka

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorka village had a population of 933. That makes it the 81st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents.

Gorka village has 504 males and 429 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorka has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Gorka covers 236.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gorka falls under Goreswar tehsil of Baksa district in Assam.

The census record for Gorka notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gorka.

Gorka is in Goreswar tehsil of Baksa district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.