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About Gulaur Village

Gulaur is a small village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 230, made up of 129 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 783 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.38 hectares hectares.

Gulaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gulaur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 85.38 hectares
Population 230
Male Population 129
Female Population 101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 783
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gulaur compares

By the 2011 count Gulaur is the 246th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 85.38 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 Gulaur

Gulaur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gulaur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gulaur from other places

Gulaur lies about 16 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Jagatbela, about 14 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 Gulaur
Tehsil headquarters Sahjanwa 12 km
Nearest railway station Jagatbela 14 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 16 km

Villages closest to Gulaur

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 Gulaur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gulaur village had a population of 230. That makes it the 246th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Gulaur village has 129 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gulaur has about 783 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Gulaur covers 85.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gulaur is Jagatbela, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gulaur.

Gulaur is about 16 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gulaur is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Sahjanwa is about 12 km away. Jagatbela is about 14 km away. Gorakhpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Domhar (1.6 km), Adilapar (3.5 km) and Chak Chohra (3.9 km).

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

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