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About Terha Tighra Village

Terha Tighra is a small village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 277, made up of 140 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.09 hectares hectares.

Terha Tighra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Terha Tighra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Bansgaon
Area (hectares) 53.09 hectares
Population 277
Male Population 140
Female Population 137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Terha Tighra compares

By the 2011 count Terha Tighra is the 338th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 53.09 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Terha Tighra

Terha Tighra is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Terha Tighra as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Terha Tighra from other places

Terha Tighra lies about 26 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Kusmhi, about 25 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 Terha Tighra
Tehsil headquarters Bansgaon 2.5 km
Nearest railway station Kusmhi 25 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 26 km

Villages closest to Terha Tighra

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 Terha Tighra

As per the Census of India 2011, Terha Tighra village had a population of 277. That makes it the 338th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Terha Tighra village has 140 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Terha Tighra has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Terha Tighra covers 53.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Terha Tighra falls under Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Terha Tighra is Kusmhi, about 25 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Terha Tighra.

Terha Tighra is about 26 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Terha Tighra is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Bansgaon is about 2.5 km away. Kusmhi is about 25 km away. Gorakhpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gorari (under 2 km), Deoria (under 2 km) and Bahorwa (under 2 km).

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

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