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About Manjhgawa Village

Manjhgawa is a small village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 229, made up of 120 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.07 hectares hectares.

Manjhgawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manjhgawa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Bansgaon
Area (hectares) 79.07 hectares
Population 229
Male Population 120
Female Population 109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manjhgawa compares

By the 2011 count Manjhgawa is the 358th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 79.07 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Manjhgawa

Manjhgawa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Manjhgawa 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Manjhgawa from other places

Manjhgawa lies about 25 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Kusmhi, about 23 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 Manjhgawa
Tehsil headquarters Bansgaon under 2 km
Nearest railway station Kusmhi 23 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 25 km

Villages closest to Manjhgawa

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.

Common questions about Manjhgawa

As per the Census of India 2011, Manjhgawa village had a population of 229. That makes it the 358th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Manjhgawa village has 120 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manjhgawa has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Manjhgawa covers 79.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Manjhgawa is Kusmhi, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Manjhgawa.

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

Manjhgawa is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Bansgaon is about under 2 km away. Kusmhi is about 23 km away. Gorakhpur 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 Benwapar (under 2 km), Kalaura (1.5 km) and Balua Urf Gopalpur (1.7 km).

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

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