About Saraya Village

Saraya is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,808, made up of 948 males and 860 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.02 hectares hectares.

Saraya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saraya village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Sahjanwa
Area (hectares)	67.02 hectares
Population	1,808
Male Population	948
Female Population	860
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Saraya compares

By the 2011 count Saraya is the 58th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 67.02 hectares work out to about 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Saraya

Saraya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Saraya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Saraya from other places

Saraya lies about 17 km from Gorakhpur. 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 Saraya
Tehsil headquarters	Sahjanwa	under 2 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	12 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	17 km

Villages closest to Saraya

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.

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Common questions about Saraya

As per the Census of India 2011, Saraya village had a population of 1,808. That makes it the 58th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Saraya village has 948 males and 860 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saraya has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Saraya covers 67.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The census record for Saraya notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Saraya is about 17 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saraya is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Sahjanwa is about under 2 km away. Khalīlābād is about 12 km away. Gorakhpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.