About Bara Gahan Village

Bara Gahan is a large village in Lalganj tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,610, made up of 1,242 males and 1,368 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 454.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 276301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Gahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Gahan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Azamgarh
Tehsil	Lalganj
Pincode	276301
Area (hectares)	454.64 hectares
Population	2,610
Male Population	1,242
Female Population	1,368
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,101
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 Bara Gahan compares

By the 2011 count Bara Gahan is the 45th largest of the 484 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,120 residents. Its 454.64 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Bara Gahan

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

Bara Gahan lies about 163 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Bani, about 19 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 Bara Gahan
Nearest railway station	Bani	19 km
Nearest town	Jais	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lalganj	22 km
District headquarters	Azamgarh	163 km

Villages closest to Bara Gahan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lalganj 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 Bara Gahan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Gahan village had a population of 2,610. That makes it the 45th largest of the 484 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,120 residents.

Bara Gahan village has 1,242 males and 1,368 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Gahan has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1080.

The pincode recorded for Bara Gahan is 276301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara Gahan covers 454.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bara Gahan falls under Lalganj tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bara Gahan is Bani, about 19 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 Bara Gahan.

Bara Gahan is about 163 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Gahan is in Lalganj tehsil of Azamgarh district. Bani is about 19 km away. Jais is about 21 km away. Lalganj is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.