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About Maidan Chak Village

Maidan Chak is a small village in Gola tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 19, made up of 9 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 12.11 hectares hectares.

Maidan Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maidan Chak village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Gola
Area (hectares) 12.11 hectares
Population 19
Male Population 9
Female Population 10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,111
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Maidan Chak compares

By the 2011 count Maidan Chak is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 790 residents. Its 12.11 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Maidan Chak

Maidan Chak 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 Maidan Chak 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 Maidan Chak from other places

Maidan Chak lies about 136 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Kirakat, about 6.2 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 Maidan Chak
Nearest railway station Kirakat 6.2 km
Nearest town Jaunpur 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Gola 24 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 136 km

Villages closest to Maidan Chak

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 Maidan Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Maidan Chak village had a population of 19. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 790 residents.

Maidan Chak village has 9 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maidan Chak has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Maidan Chak covers 12.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maidan Chak falls under Gola tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maidan Chak is Kirakat, about 6.2 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 Maidan Chak.

Maidan Chak is about 136 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maidan Chak is in Gola tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Kirakat is about 6.2 km away. Jaunpur is about 22 km away. Gola is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maibhara (under 2 km), Kohari Bujurg (2.5 km) and Kohari Khurd (2.5 km).

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

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