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About Gursara Village

Gursara is a large village in Colonelganj tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,424, made up of 1,278 males and 1,146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.44 hectares hectares.

Gursara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gursara village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gonda
Tehsil Colonelganj
Area (hectares) 224.44 hectares
Population 2,424
Male Population 1,278
Female Population 1,146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gursara compares

By the 2011 count Gursara is the 124th largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents. Its 224.44 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Gursara

Gursara 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 Gursara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gursara from other places

Gursara lies about 20 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Kasturi, about 3.6 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 Gursara
Nearest railway station Kasturi 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Colonelganj 6.5 km
District headquarters Gonda 20 km

Villages closest to Gursara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gursara village had a population of 2,424. That makes it the 124th largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents.

Gursara village has 1,278 males and 1,146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gursara has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Gursara covers 224.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gursara falls under Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gursara is Kasturi, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gursara.

Gursara is about 20 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gursara is in Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district. Kasturi is about 3.6 km away. Colonelganj is about 6.5 km away. Gonda is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parasa Maheshi (under 2 km), Bataura Lohangi (under 2 km) and Bel Matthar (under 2 km).

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

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