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About Gorakhpura Village

Gorakhpura is a small village in Gola tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 108, made up of 58 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.81 hectares hectares.

Gorakhpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorakhpura village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Gola
Area (hectares) 29.81 hectares
Population 108
Male Population 58
Female Population 50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 862
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Gorakhpura compares

By the 2011 count Gorakhpura is the 507th largest of the 587 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 790 residents. Its 29.81 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Gorakhpura

Gorakhpura 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 Gorakhpura 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gorakhpura from other places

Gorakhpura lies about 174 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Jeonathpur, about under 2 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 Gorakhpura
Nearest railway station Jeonathpur under 2 km
Nearest town Rāmnagar 6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Gola 28 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 174 km

Villages closest to Gorakhpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorakhpura village had a population of 108. That makes it the 507th largest of the 587 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 790 residents.

Gorakhpura village has 58 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorakhpura has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Gorakhpura covers 29.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gorakhpura falls under Gola tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gorakhpura is Jeonathpur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gorakhpura.

Gorakhpura is about 174 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorakhpura is in Gola tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Jeonathpur is about under 2 km away. Rāmnagar is about 6.0 km away. Gola 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 Sarsara Bujurg (under 2 km), Sarsara Khurd (under 2 km) and Hamidpur (2.9 km).

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

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