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About Gagar Garh Village

Gagar Garh is a small village in Basti tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 22, made up of 13 males and 9 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 692 females per 1000 males. The village covers 15.88 hectares hectares.

Gagar Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gagar Garh village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Basti
Tehsil Basti
Area (hectares) 15.88 hectares
Population 22
Male Population 13
Female Population 9
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 692
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gagar Garh compares

By the 2011 count Gagar Garh is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 829 residents. Its 15.88 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Gagar Garh

Gagar Garh is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gagar Garh 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gagar Garh from other places

Gagar Garh lies about 25 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Munderwa, about 16 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 Gagar Garh
Nearest railway station Munderwa 16 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Basti 25 km

Villages closest to Gagar Garh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Basti 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 Gagar Garh

As per the Census of India 2011, Gagar Garh village had a population of 22. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 829 residents.

Gagar Garh village has 13 males and 9 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gagar Garh has about 692 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Gagar Garh covers 15.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gagar Garh falls under Basti tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gagar Garh is Munderwa, about 16 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gagar Garh.

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

Gagar Garh is in Basti tehsil of Basti district. Munderwa is about 16 km away. Khalīlābād is about 23 km away. Basti is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gagargar (under 2 km), Kharwania (under 2 km) and Nauna (under 2 km).

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

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