About Gorakhpur Village

Gorakhpur is a mid sized village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 902, made up of 474 males and 428 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorakhpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorakhpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Lormi
Pincode	495115
Area (hectares)	314.44 hectares
Population	902
Male Population	474
Female Population	428
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gorakhpur compares

By the 2011 count Gorakhpur is the 122nd largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 314.44 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gorakhpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gorakhpur from other places

Gorakhpur lies about 58 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 46 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gorakhpur
Nearest town	Mungeli	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lormi	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	46 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	58 km

Villages closest to Gorakhpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lormi tehsil.

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 Gorakhpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorakhpur village had a population of 902. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Gorakhpur village has 474 males and 428 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorakhpur has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Gorakhpur is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorakhpur covers 314.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gorakhpur falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gorakhpur is Kargi Road, about 46 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gorakhpur.

Gorakhpur is about 58 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorakhpur is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 14 km away. Lormi is about 15 km away. Kargi Road is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.