About Gorakepu Village

Gorakepu is a small village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 199, made up of 106 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.8 hectares hectares.

Gorakepu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorakepu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Area (hectares)	122.8 hectares
Population	199
Male Population	106
Female Population	93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gorakepu compares

By the 2011 count Gorakepu is the 106th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 122.8 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Gorakepu

Gorakepu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gorakepu as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Gorakepu from other places

Gorakepu lies about 32 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Ekchari, about 23 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 Gorakepu
Nearest railway station	Ekchari	23 km
Nearest town	Colgong	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	32 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	32 km

Villages closest to Gorakepu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barhait 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 Gorakepu

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorakepu village had a population of 199. That makes it the 106th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Gorakepu village has 106 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorakepu has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Gorakepu covers 122.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gorakepu falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gorakepu is Ekchari, about 23 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gorakepu.

Gorakepu is about 32 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorakepu is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Ekchari is about 23 km away. Colgong is about 25 km away. Barhait is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.