About Gorakhpura Village

Gorakhpura is a large village in Ghuwara tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,239, made up of 1,240 males and 999 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1524.39 hectares hectares.

Gorakhpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorakhpura village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Ghuwara
Area (hectares)	1524.39 hectares
Population	2,239
Male Population	1,240
Female Population	999
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	806
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 Gorakhpura compares

By the 2011 count Gorakhpura is the 13th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 1524.39 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 871.

Getting to Gorakhpura

Gorakhpura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gorakhpura 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 Gorakhpura from other places

Gorakhpura lies about 62 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Sarkanpur, about 37 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 Gorakhpura
Tehsil headquarters	Ghuwara	9.2 km
Nearest town	Bijāwar	35 km
Nearest railway station	Sarkanpur	37 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	62 km

Villages closest to Gorakhpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorakhpura village had a population of 2,239. That makes it the 13th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Gorakhpura village has 1,240 males and 999 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorakhpura has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 871.

Gorakhpura covers 1524.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gorakhpura falls under Ghuwara tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gorakhpura is Sarkanpur, about 37 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 Gorakhpura.

Gorakhpura is about 62 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorakhpura is in Ghuwara tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Ghuwara is about 9.2 km away. Bijāwar is about 35 km away. Sarkanpur is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.