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About Garopur Village

Garopur is a mid sized village in Mariahu tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,603, made up of 756 males and 847 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,120 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188.82 hectares hectares.

Garopur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garopur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Mariahu
Area (hectares) 188.82 hectares
Population 1,603
Male Population 756
Female Population 847
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,120
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garopur compares

By the 2011 count Garopur is the 152nd largest of the 591 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,188 residents. Its 188.82 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Garopur

Garopur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garopur as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Garopur from other places

Garopur lies about 34 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Suriawan, about 9.3 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 Garopur
Nearest railway station Suriawan 9.3 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Mariahu 17 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 34 km

Villages closest to Garopur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garopur village had a population of 1,603. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 591 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,188 residents.

Garopur village has 756 males and 847 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garopur has about 1120 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1086.

Garopur covers 188.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Garopur falls under Mariahu tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Garopur is Suriawan, about 9.3 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Garopur.

Garopur is about 34 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garopur is in Mariahu tehsil of Jaunpur district. Suriawan is about 9.3 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 16 km away. Mariahu is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Adampur (under 2 km), Chak English Haidar Husain (under 2 km) and Chak English Mohammad Hanif (under 2 km).

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

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