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About Gauraiya Kalan Village

Gauraiya Kalan is a mid sized village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,337, made up of 698 males and 639 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 653.36 hectares hectares.

Gauraiya Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gauraiya Kalan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Meja
Area (hectares) 653.36 hectares
Population 1,337
Male Population 698
Female Population 639
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 915
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Gauraiya Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Gauraiya Kalan is the 145th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 653.36 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Gauraiya Kalan

Gauraiya Kalan 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 Gauraiya Kalan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Gauraiya Kalan from other places

Gauraiya Kalan lies about 31 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Madaraha, about 9.2 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 Gauraiya Kalan
Nearest railway station Madaraha 9.2 km
District headquarters Allahabad 31 km
Nearest town Prayagraj 31 km
Tehsil headquarters Meja 34 km

Villages closest to Gauraiya Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Meja 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 Gauraiya Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gauraiya Kalan village had a population of 1,337. That makes it the 145th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Gauraiya Kalan village has 698 males and 639 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gauraiya Kalan has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

Gauraiya Kalan covers 653.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gauraiya Kalan falls under Meja tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gauraiya Kalan is Madaraha, about 9.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gauraiya Kalan.

Gauraiya Kalan is about 31 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gauraiya Kalan is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Madaraha is about 9.2 km away. Allahabad is about 31 km away. Prayagraj is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gauraiya Khurd (under 2 km), Sirkhiri (5.7 km) and Pirhata Bisaura (6.5 km).

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

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