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About Gorakaranpur Village

Gorakaranpur is a mid sized village in Konch tehsil, in the district of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,543, made up of 806 males and 737 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382.84 hectares hectares.

Gorakaranpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorakaranpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jalaun
Tehsil Konch
Area (hectares) 382.84 hectares
Population 1,543
Male Population 806
Female Population 737
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 914
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gorakaranpur compares

By the 2011 count Gorakaranpur is the 50th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,143 residents. Its 382.84 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 870.

Getting to Gorakaranpur

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

Gorakaranpur lies about 19 km from Jalaun, and the nearest railway station is Konch, about 6.6 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 Gorakaranpur
Nearest railway station Konch 6.6 km
District headquarters Jalaun 19 km

Villages closest to Gorakaranpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorakaranpur village had a population of 1,543. That makes it the 50th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,143 residents.

Gorakaranpur village has 806 males and 737 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorakaranpur has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 870.

Gorakaranpur covers 382.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gorakaranpur falls under Konch tehsil of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gorakaranpur is Konch, about 6.6 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Gorakaranpur.

Gorakaranpur is about 19 km from Jalaun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorakaranpur is in Konch tehsil of Jalaun district. Konch is about 6.6 km away. Jalaun is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ata (2.3 km), Dang Gataiya (2.3 km) and Gataiya (2.3 km).

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

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