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About Girda Kot Village

Girda Kot is a large village in Handia tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,085, made up of 1,647 males and 1,438 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.81 hectares hectares.

Girda Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girda Kot village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Handia
Area (hectares) 161.81 hectares
Population 3,085
Male Population 1,647
Female Population 1,438
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Girda Kot compares

By the 2011 count Girda Kot is the 63rd largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 161.81 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Girda Kot

Girda Kot is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Girda Kot as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Girda Kot from other places

Girda Kot lies about 48 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Atraura Halt, about 10 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 Girda Kot
Nearest railway station Atraura Halt 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Handia 14 km
Nearest town Gyānpur 17 km
District headquarters Allahabad 48 km

Villages closest to Girda Kot

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

Common questions about Girda Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Girda Kot village had a population of 3,085. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Girda Kot village has 1,647 males and 1,438 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girda Kot has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Girda Kot covers 161.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Girda Kot falls under Handia tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Girda Kot is Atraura Halt, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available for Girda Kot.

Girda Kot is about 48 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Girda Kot is in Handia tehsil of Allahabad district. Atraura Halt is about 10 km away. Handia is about 14 km away. Gyānpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Jivan Dih (under 2 km), Chakiya Girdh Kot (under 2 km) and Amepur (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Girda Kot today is likely to be higher.

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