About Gorakhpur Village

Gorakhpur is a small village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 308, made up of 166 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.25 hectares hectares.

Gorakhpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorakhpur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	239.25 hectares
Population	308
Male Population	166
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
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 220th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 239.25 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1032.

Getting to Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gorakhpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 56 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Chiraidongri, about 41 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
Tehsil headquarters	Baihar	8.1 km
Nearest town	Malajkhand	19 km
Nearest railway station	Chiraidongri	41 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	56 km

Villages closest to Gorakhpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baihar 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 308. That makes it the 220th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Gorakhpur village has 166 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorakhpur has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Gorakhpur covers 239.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gorakhpur falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gorakhpur is Chiraidongri, about 41 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gorakhpur.

Gorakhpur is about 56 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorakhpur is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Baihar is about 8.1 km away. Malajkhand is about 19 km away. Chiraidongri is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.