About Gaur Ganj Village

Gaur Ganj is a mid sized village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,241, made up of 597 males and 644 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.73 hectares hectares.

Gaur Ganj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaur Ganj village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Khajni
Area (hectares)	65.73 hectares
Population	1,241
Male Population	597
Female Population	644
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,079
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaur Ganj compares

By the 2011 count Gaur Ganj is the 126th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 65.73 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Gaur Ganj

Gaur Ganj is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gaur Ganj as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Gaur Ganj from other places

Gaur Ganj lies about 42 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 36 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 Gaur Ganj
Tehsil headquarters	Khajni	26 km
Nearest town	Chillupār	36 km
Nearest railway station	Maghar	36 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	42 km

Villages closest to Gaur Ganj

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khajni 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 Gaur Ganj

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaur Ganj village had a population of 1,241. That makes it the 126th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Gaur Ganj village has 597 males and 644 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaur Ganj has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Gaur Ganj covers 65.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gaur Ganj falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gaur Ganj is Maghar, about 36 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gaur Ganj.

Gaur Ganj is about 42 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaur Ganj is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khajni is about 26 km away. Chillupār is about 36 km away. Maghar is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.