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About Rajpur Village

Rajpur is a mid sized village in Colonelganj tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,433, made up of 758 males and 675 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198.05 hectares hectares.

Rajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gonda
Tehsil Colonelganj
Area (hectares) 198.05 hectares
Population 1,433
Male Population 758
Female Population 675
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Rajpur compares

By the 2011 count Rajpur is the 218th largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents. Its 198.05 hectares work out to about 7.2 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 Rajpur

The census records public bus service for Rajpur as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Rajpur from other places

Rajpur lies about 18 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Kasturi, about 2.2 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 Rajpur
Nearest railway station Kasturi 2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Colonelganj 7.5 km
District headquarters Gonda 18 km

Villages closest to Rajpur

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 Rajpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajpur village had a population of 1,433. That makes it the 218th largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents.

Rajpur village has 758 males and 675 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajpur has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Rajpur covers 198.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Rajpur is Kasturi, about 2.2 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 within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Rajpur.

Rajpur is about 18 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rajpur is in Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district. Kasturi is about 2.2 km away. Colonelganj is about 7.5 km away. Gonda is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sumerpur (under 2 km), Kapoorpur (under 2 km) and Katela Talab (under 2 km).

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

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