About Gorkha Village

Gorkha is a mid sized village in Saidpur tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,137, made up of 504 males and 633 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,256 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.84 hectares hectares.

Gorkha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorkha village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ghazipur
Tehsil	Saidpur
Area (hectares)	116.84 hectares
Population	1,137
Male Population	504
Female Population	633
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,256
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 Gorkha compares

By the 2011 count Gorkha is the 165th largest of the 556 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,010 residents. Its 116.84 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Gorkha

Gorkha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gorkha 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 Gorkha from other places

Gorkha lies about 49 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Faridaha Halt, about 4.0 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 Gorkha
Nearest railway station	Faridaha Halt	4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saidpur	13 km
District headquarters	Ghazipur	49 km

Villages closest to Gorkha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorkha village had a population of 1,137. That makes it the 165th largest of the 556 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,010 residents.

Gorkha village has 504 males and 633 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorkha has about 1256 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Gorkha covers 116.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gorkha falls under Saidpur tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gorkha is Faridaha Halt, about 4.0 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 Gorkha.

Gorkha is about 49 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorkha is in Saidpur tehsil of Ghazipur district. Faridaha Halt is about 4.0 km away. Saidpur is about 13 km away. Ghazipur is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.