About Gorakhpur Village

Gorakhpur is a mid sized village in Sahaspur Lohara tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,479, made up of 755 males and 724 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 488.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorakhpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorakhpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kabeerdham
Tehsil	Sahaspur Lohara
Pincode	491995
Area (hectares)	488.39 hectares
Population	1,479
Male Population	755
Female Population	724
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
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 16th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 782 residents. Its 488.39 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1012.

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 9.2 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 68 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
District headquarters	Kabeerdham	9.2 km
Nearest town	Kawardha	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sahaspur Lohara	28 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	68 km

Villages closest to Gorakhpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sahaspur Lohara 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 1,479. That makes it the 16th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 782 residents.

Gorakhpur village has 755 males and 724 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorakhpur has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Gorakhpur is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorakhpur covers 488.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gorakhpur falls under Sahaspur Lohara tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Gorakhpur is Hathbandh, about 68 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 9.2 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorakhpur is in Sahaspur Lohara tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Kabeerdham is about 9.2 km away. Kawardha is about 11 km away. Sahaspur Lohara is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.