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About Gauspur Village

Gauspur is a mid sized village in Kerakat tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,417, made up of 765 males and 652 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.76 hectares hectares.

Gauspur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gauspur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Kerakat
Area (hectares) 27.76 hectares
Population 1,417
Male Population 765
Female Population 652
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 852
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gauspur compares

By the 2011 count Gauspur is the 165th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 27.76 hectares work out to about 51 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 1071.

Getting to Gauspur

The census records public bus service for Gauspur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gauspur from other places

Gauspur lies about 7.9 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Bakhsha, about 6.7 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 Gauspur
Nearest railway station Bakhsha 6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Kerakat 7.9 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 7.9 km

Villages closest to Gauspur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gauspur village had a population of 1,417. That makes it the 165th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Gauspur village has 765 males and 652 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gauspur has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1071.

Gauspur covers 27.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 51 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gauspur falls under Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gauspur is Bakhsha, about 6.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gauspur.

Gauspur is about 7.9 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gauspur is in Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district. Bakhsha is about 6.7 km away. Kerakat is about 7.9 km away. Jaunpur is about 7.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katka (2.3 km), Mustafabad (4.0 km) and Kukuripur (4.1 km).

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

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