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About Gouriya Village

Gouriya is a large village in Tarabganj tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,310, made up of 1,153 males and 1,157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.68 hectares hectares.

Gouriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gouriya village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gonda
Tehsil Tarabganj
Area (hectares) 280.68 hectares
Population 2,310
Male Population 1,153
Female Population 1,157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gouriya compares

By the 2011 count Gouriya is the 107th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,094 residents. Its 280.68 hectares work out to about 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Gouriya

Gouriya 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 Gouriya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gouriya from other places

Gouriya lies about 35 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Patranga, about 12 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 Gouriya
Nearest railway station Patranga 12 km
Nearest town Colonelganj 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Tarabganj 29 km
District headquarters Gonda 35 km

Villages closest to Gouriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gouriya village had a population of 2,310. That makes it the 107th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,094 residents.

Gouriya village has 1,153 males and 1,157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gouriya has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Gouriya covers 280.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gouriya falls under Tarabganj tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gouriya is Patranga, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gouriya.

Gouriya is about 35 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gouriya is in Tarabganj tehsil of Gonda district. Patranga is about 12 km away. Colonelganj is about 25 km away. Tarabganj is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kolhampur Imam (1.8 km), Jaitpur (2.0 km) and Chetpur (3.5 km).

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

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