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About Gokan Village

Gokan is a mid sized village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 725, made up of 384 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238 hectares hectares.

Gokan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gokan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Fatehpur
Tehsil Fatehpur
Area (hectares) 238 hectares
Population 725
Male Population 384
Female Population 341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gokan compares

By the 2011 count Gokan is the 331st largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,924 residents. Its 238 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Gokan

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

How far is Gokan from other places

Gokan lies about 26 km from Fatehpur, and the nearest railway station is Faizullapur, about 23 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 Gokan
Nearest railway station Faizullapur 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Fatehpur 26 km

Villages closest to Gokan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gokan village had a population of 725. That makes it the 331st largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,924 residents.

Gokan village has 384 males and 341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gokan has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

Gokan covers 238 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gokan falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Fatehpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gokan is Faizullapur, about 23 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gokan.

Gokan is about 26 km from Fatehpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gokan is in Fatehpur tehsil of Fatehpur district. Faizullapur is about 23 km away. Fatehpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Samaora (2.2 km), Lilra (3.7 km) and Sarwal (4.2 km).

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

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