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About Durauni Village

Durauni is a mid sized village in Colonelganj tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,772, made up of 960 males and 812 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 681.78 hectares hectares.

Durauni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durauni village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gonda
Tehsil Colonelganj
Area (hectares) 681.78 hectares
Population 1,772
Male Population 960
Female Population 812
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Durauni compares

By the 2011 count Durauni is the 187th largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents. Its 681.78 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Durauni

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

How far is Durauni from other places

Durauni lies about 25 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Kasturi, 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 Durauni
Nearest railway station Kasturi 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Colonelganj 17 km
District headquarters Gonda 25 km

Villages closest to Durauni

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 Durauni

As per the Census of India 2011, Durauni village had a population of 1,772. That makes it the 187th largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents.

Durauni village has 960 males and 812 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durauni has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Durauni covers 681.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Durauni is Kasturi, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Durauni.

Durauni is about 25 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durauni is in Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district. Kasturi is about 17 km away. Colonelganj is about 17 km away. Gonda is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hardiha Sapaur (under 2 km), Pure Lali (under 2 km) and Marchaur (2.2 km).

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

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