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About Gehat Village

Gehat is a mid sized village in Gunnaur tehsil, in the district of Budaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 979, made up of 547 males and 432 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 790 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167.38 hectares hectares.

Gehat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gehat village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Budaun
Tehsil Gunnaur
Area (hectares) 167.38 hectares
Population 979
Male Population 547
Female Population 432
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 790
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gehat compares

By the 2011 count Gehat is the 212th largest of the 304 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,636 residents. Its 167.38 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 855.

Getting to Gehat

Gehat is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gehat 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gehat from other places

Gehat lies about 54 km from Budaun, and the nearest railway station is Dhanari, about 17 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 Gehat
Tehsil headquarters Gunnaur 17 km
Nearest railway station Dhanari 17 km
District headquarters Budaun 54 km

Villages closest to Gehat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gehat village had a population of 979. That makes it the 212th largest of the 304 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,636 residents.

Gehat village has 547 males and 432 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gehat has about 790 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 855.

Gehat covers 167.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gehat falls under Gunnaur tehsil of Budaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gehat is Dhanari, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ 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 Gehat.

Gehat is about 54 km from Budaun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gehat is in Gunnaur tehsil of Budaun district. Gunnaur is about 17 km away. Dhanari is about 17 km away. Budaun is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Loharpura (1.7 km), Nasirpur Khadar (1.8 km) and Dewar Kanchan (1.9 km).

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

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