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About Ranukhor Village

Ranukhor is a small village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 478, made up of 259 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.37 hectares hectares.

Ranukhor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranukhor village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 162.37 hectares
Population 478
Male Population 259
Female Population 219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ranukhor compares

By the 2011 count Ranukhor is the 206th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 162.37 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 975.

Getting to Ranukhor

Ranukhor is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ranukhor as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ranukhor from other places

Ranukhor lies about 26 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Khalilabad, 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 Ranukhor
Nearest town Khalīlābād 4.9 km
Nearest railway station Khalilabad 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahjanwa 12 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 26 km

Villages closest to Ranukhor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranukhor village had a population of 478. That makes it the 206th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Ranukhor village has 259 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranukhor has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Ranukhor covers 162.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ranukhor falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ranukhor is Khalilabad, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ranukhor.

Ranukhor is about 26 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranukhor is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khalīlābād is about 4.9 km away. Khalilabad is about 6.2 km away. Sahjanwa is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Belaura (under 2 km), Bhelura (under 2 km) and Chandwari (under 2 km).

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

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