About Saraya Village

Saraya is a small village in Gola tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 73, made up of 32 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,281 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.43 hectares hectares.

Saraya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saraya village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Gola
Area (hectares)	19.43 hectares
Population	73
Male Population	32
Female Population	41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,281
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Saraya compares

By the 2011 count Saraya is the 533rd largest of the 587 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 790 residents. Its 19.43 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Saraya

Saraya 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 Saraya as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Saraya from other places

Saraya lies about 152 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sarnath, about 6.7 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 Saraya
Tehsil headquarters	Gola	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Sarnath	6.7 km
Nearest town	Varanasi	13 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	152 km

Villages closest to Saraya

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.

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Common questions about Saraya

As per the Census of India 2011, Saraya village had a population of 73. That makes it the 533rd largest of the 587 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 790 residents.

Saraya village has 32 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saraya has about 1281 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Saraya covers 19.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Saraya is Sarnath, about 6.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Saraya.

Saraya is about 152 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saraya is in Gola tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Gola is about 3.6 km away. Sarnath is about 6.7 km away. Varanasi is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.