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About Ghurehtha Village

Ghurehtha is a large village in Mehnagar tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,054, made up of 1,023 males and 1,031 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 279.35 hectares hectares.

Ghurehtha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghurehtha village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Mehnagar
Area (hectares) 279.35 hectares
Population 2,054
Male Population 1,023
Female Population 1,031
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Ghurehtha compares

By the 2011 count Ghurehtha is the 64th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents. Its 279.35 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Ghurehtha

Ghurehtha 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 Ghurehtha as Available. 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 Ghurehtha from other places

Ghurehtha lies about 25 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Jakhanian, 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 Ghurehtha
Tehsil headquarters Mehnagar 11 km
Nearest railway station Jakhanian 19 km
Nearest town Lalganj 23 km
District headquarters Azamgarh 25 km

Villages closest to Ghurehtha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghurehtha village had a population of 2,054. That makes it the 64th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents.

Ghurehtha village has 1,023 males and 1,031 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghurehtha has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1048.

Ghurehtha covers 279.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ghurehtha falls under Mehnagar tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghurehtha is Jakhanian, about 19 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 for Ghurehtha.

Ghurehtha is about 25 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghurehtha is in Mehnagar tehsil of Azamgarh district. Mehnagar is about 11 km away. Jakhanian is about 19 km away. Lalganj is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhagwatpur (under 2 km), Haripur (under 2 km) and Madhuban (under 2 km).

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

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