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About Anantpur Village

Anantpur is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,712, made up of 927 males and 785 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.06 hectares hectares.

Anantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anantpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 103.06 hectares
Population 1,712
Male Population 927
Female Population 785
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 847
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Anantpur compares

By the 2011 count Anantpur is the 64th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 103.06 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Anantpur

Anantpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Anantpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Anantpur from other places

Anantpur lies about 23 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 4.7 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 Anantpur
Nearest railway station Maghar 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahjanwa 7.7 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 10 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 23 km

Villages closest to Anantpur

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 Anantpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Anantpur village had a population of 1,712. That makes it the 64th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Anantpur village has 927 males and 785 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anantpur has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Anantpur covers 103.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Anantpur is Maghar, about 4.7 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Anantpur.

Anantpur is about 23 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anantpur is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Maghar is about 4.7 km away. Sahjanwa is about 7.7 km away. Khalīlābād is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Darghat (under 2 km), Siswa (under 2 km) and Harpur (under 2 km).

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

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