About Gorakhpur Village

Gorakhpur is a small village in Begamganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 465, made up of 254 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 752.12 hectares hectares.

Gorakhpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorakhpur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Begamganj
Area (hectares)	752.12 hectares
Population	465
Male Population	254
Female Population	211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	831
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gorakhpur compares

By the 2011 count Gorakhpur is the 103rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 752.12 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 884.

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 within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 94 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Ratona, about 31 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 railway station	Ratona	31 km
Nearest town	Saugor	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Begamganj	33 km
District headquarters	Raisen	94 km

Villages closest to Gorakhpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Begamganj 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 465. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Gorakhpur village has 254 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorakhpur has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 884.

Gorakhpur covers 752.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gorakhpur falls under Begamganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gorakhpur is Ratona, about 31 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 village for Gorakhpur.

Gorakhpur is about 94 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorakhpur is in Begamganj tehsil of Raisen district. Ratona is about 31 km away. Saugor is about 32 km away. Begamganj is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.