About Gonha Village

Gonha is a mid sized village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,227, made up of 663 males and 564 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 272763, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gonha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gonha village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Basti
Tehsil	Harraiya
Pincode	272763
Area (hectares)	213.15 hectares
Population	1,227
Male Population	663
Female Population	564
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gonha compares

By the 2011 count Gonha is the 155th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 213.15 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 Gonha

Gonha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gonha 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gonha from other places

Gonha lies about 40 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Uska Bazar, about 21 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 Gonha
Nearest town	Mehndāwal	11 km
Nearest railway station	Uska Bazar	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harraiya	23 km
District headquarters	Basti	40 km

Villages closest to Gonha

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 Gonha

As per the Census of India 2011, Gonha village had a population of 1,227. That makes it the 155th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Gonha village has 663 males and 564 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gonha has about 851 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 Gonha is 272763. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gonha covers 213.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gonha is Uska Bazar, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Gonha.

Gonha is about 40 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gonha is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. Mehndāwal is about 11 km away. Uska Bazar is about 21 km away. Harraiya is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.