About Gaighat Village

Gaighat is a large village in Zamania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,281, made up of 1,210 males and 1,071 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 232329, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaighat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaighat village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ghazipur
Tehsil	Zamania
Pincode	232329
Area (hectares)	54.9 hectares
Population	2,281
Male Population	1,210
Female Population	1,071
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
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 Gaighat compares

By the 2011 count Gaighat is the 88th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents. Its 54.9 hectares work out to about 42 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Gaighat

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

Gaighat lies about 30 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Zamania, about 6.4 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 Gaighat
Nearest railway station	Zamania	6.4 km
Nearest town	Zamānia	11 km
District headquarters	Ghazipur	30 km

Villages closest to Gaighat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaighat village had a population of 2,281. That makes it the 88th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents.

Gaighat village has 1,210 males and 1,071 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaighat has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Gaighat is 232329. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaighat covers 54.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 42 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gaighat falls under Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gaighat is Zamania, about 6.4 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 Gaighat.

Gaighat is about 30 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaighat is in Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Zamania is about 6.4 km away. Zamānia is about 11 km away. Ghazipur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.