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About Gopal Pur Village

Gopal Pur is a small village in Jakhania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 221, made up of 126 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 754 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16.68 hectares hectares.

Gopal Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gopal Pur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Jakhania
Area (hectares) 16.68 hectares
Population 221
Male Population 126
Female Population 95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 754
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Gopal Pur compares

By the 2011 count Gopal Pur is the 392nd largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents. Its 16.68 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Gopal Pur

Gopal Pur 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 Gopal Pur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gopal Pur from other places

Gopal Pur lies about 127 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Mungara Badshahpur, 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 Gopal Pur
Tehsil headquarters Jakhania 9.1 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 11 km
Nearest railway station Mungara Badshahpur 17 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 127 km

Villages closest to Gopal Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jakhania 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 Gopal Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gopal Pur village had a population of 221. That makes it the 392nd largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents.

Gopal Pur village has 126 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gopal Pur has about 754 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Gopal Pur covers 16.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gopal Pur falls under Jakhania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gopal Pur is Mungara Badshahpur, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gopal Pur.

Gopal Pur is about 127 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gopal Pur is in Jakhania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Jakhania is about 9.1 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 11 km away. Mungara Badshahpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gokalpur (under 2 km), Gopalpur (under 2 km) and Mustfabad (under 2 km).

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

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