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About Gur Gaon Village

Gur Gaon is a mid sized village in Mankapur tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 695, made up of 372 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.65 hectares hectares.

Gur Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gur Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gonda
Tehsil Mankapur
Area (hectares) 113.65 hectares
Population 695
Male Population 372
Female Population 323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gur Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Gur Gaon is the 278th largest of the 460 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,331 residents. Its 113.65 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Gur Gaon

Gur Gaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gur Gaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Gur Gaon from other places

Gur Gaon lies about 52 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Parsa Tiwari, about 1.6 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 Gur Gaon
Nearest railway station Parsa Tiwari 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Mankapur 23 km
Nearest town Ayodhya 28 km
District headquarters Gonda 52 km

Villages closest to Gur Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mankapur 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 Gur Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Gur Gaon village had a population of 695. That makes it the 278th largest of the 460 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,331 residents.

Gur Gaon village has 372 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gur Gaon has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Gur Gaon covers 113.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gur Gaon falls under Mankapur tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gur Gaon is Parsa Tiwari, about 1.6 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gur Gaon.

Gur Gaon is about 52 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gur Gaon is in Mankapur tehsil of Gonda district. Parsa Tiwari is about 1.6 km away. Mankapur is about 23 km away. Ayodhya is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kungaiya (under 2 km), Sonawa (1.5 km) and Pikaura (1.7 km).

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

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