About Gawan Village

Gawan is a mid sized village in Khurja tehsil, in the district of Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,117, made up of 618 males and 499 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 807 females per 1000 males. The village covers 399.48 hectares hectares.

Gawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bulandshahr
Tehsil	Khurja
Area (hectares)	399.48 hectares
Population	1,117
Male Population	618
Female Population	499
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	807
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gawan compares

By the 2011 count Gawan is the 132nd largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents. Its 399.48 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 888.

Getting to Gawan

Gawan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gawan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Gawan from other places

Gawan lies about 16 km from Bulandshahr, and the nearest railway station is Khurja City, about 7.0 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 Gawan
Tehsil headquarters	Khurja	5.7 km
Nearest railway station	Khurja City	7.0 km
District headquarters	Bulandshahr	16 km

Villages closest to Gawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawan village had a population of 1,117. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents.

Gawan village has 618 males and 499 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawan has about 807 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Gawan covers 399.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gawan falls under Khurja tehsil of Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gawan is Khurja City, about 7.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gawan.

Gawan is about 16 km from Bulandshahr in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawan is in Khurja tehsil of Bulandshahr district. Khurja is about 5.7 km away. Khurja City is about 7.0 km away. Bulandshahr is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.