About Foolpur Village

Foolpur is a small village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 169, made up of 74 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,284 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 273407, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Foolpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Foolpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Bansgaon
Pincode	273407
Area (hectares)	29 hectares
Population	169
Male Population	74
Female Population	95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,284
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Foolpur compares

By the 2011 count Foolpur is the 380th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 29 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Foolpur

Foolpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Foolpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Foolpur from other places

Foolpur lies about 47 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Dohrighat, 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 Foolpur
Nearest town	Chillupār	10 km
Nearest railway station	Dohrighat	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bansgaon	27 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	47 km

Villages closest to Foolpur

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

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Common questions about Foolpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Foolpur village had a population of 169. That makes it the 380th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Foolpur village has 74 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Foolpur has about 1284 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Foolpur is 273407. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Foolpur covers 29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Foolpur falls under Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Foolpur is Dohrighat, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Foolpur.

Foolpur is about 47 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Foolpur is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Chillupār is about 10 km away. Dohrighat is about 12 km away. Bansgaon is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.