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About Gouri Village

Gouri is a small village in Bansdih tehsil, in the district of Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 104, made up of 59 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 763 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25.52 hectares hectares.

Gouri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gouri village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ballia
Tehsil Bansdih
Area (hectares) 25.52 hectares
Population 104
Male Population 59
Female Population 45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 763
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gouri compares

By the 2011 count Gouri is the 327th largest of the 376 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,202 residents. Its 25.52 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Gouri

The census records public bus service for Gouri as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gouri from other places

Gouri lies about 26 km from Ballia, and the nearest railway station is Kichha, about 5.5 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 Gouri
Nearest railway station Kichha 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Bansdih 26 km
District headquarters Ballia 26 km

Villages closest to Gouri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gouri village had a population of 104. That makes it the 327th largest of the 376 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,202 residents.

Gouri village has 59 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gouri has about 763 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Gouri covers 25.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gouri falls under Bansdih tehsil of Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gouri is Kichha, about 5.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Gouri is about 26 km from Ballia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gouri is in Bansdih tehsil of Ballia district. Kichha is about 5.5 km away. Bansdih is about 26 km away. Ballia is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gaura Baghi (2.1 km), Maharajpur (3.3 km) and Khambhari (6.2 km).

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

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