About Gajpur Village

Gajpur is a small village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 167, made up of 89 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 272128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Basti
Tehsil	Harraiya
Pincode	272128
Area (hectares)	38.85 hectares
Population	167
Male Population	89
Female Population	78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Gajpur compares

By the 2011 count Gajpur is the 1114th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 38.85 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 965.

Getting to Gajpur

Gajpur 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 Gajpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Gajpur from other places

Gajpur lies about 75 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Jhamat, about 6.0 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 Gajpur
Nearest railway station	Jhamat	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harraiya	25 km
Nearest town	Nautanwa	26 km
District headquarters	Basti	75 km

Villages closest to Gajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajpur village had a population of 167. That makes it the 1114th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Gajpur village has 89 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajpur has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Gajpur is 272128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gajpur covers 38.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gajpur falls under Harraiya tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gajpur is Jhamat, about 6.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available for Gajpur.

Gajpur is about 75 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajpur is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. Jhamat is about 6.0 km away. Harraiya is about 25 km away. Nautanwa is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.