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About Gaya Ghat Village

Gaya Ghat is a small village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 58, made up of 30 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288.32 hectares hectares.

Gaya Ghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaya Ghat village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Khajni
Area (hectares) 288.32 hectares
Population 58
Male Population 30
Female Population 28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Gaya Ghat compares

By the 2011 count Gaya Ghat is the 629th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 288.32 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Gaya Ghat

Gaya Ghat 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 Gaya Ghat 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 Gaya Ghat from other places

Gaya Ghat lies about 45 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 34 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 Gaya Ghat
Tehsil headquarters Khajni 29 km
Nearest railway station Maghar 34 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 36 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 45 km

Villages closest to Gaya Ghat

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.

Common questions about Gaya Ghat

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaya Ghat village had a population of 58. That makes it the 629th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Gaya Ghat village has 30 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaya Ghat has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Gaya Ghat covers 288.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gaya Ghat falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gaya Ghat is Maghar, about 34 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 Gaya Ghat.

Gaya Ghat is about 45 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaya Ghat is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khajni is about 29 km away. Maghar is about 34 km away. Khalīlābād is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhamachia (1.7 km), Maur (2.2 km) and Patharha Babu (2.5 km).

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

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