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About Goora Village

Goora is a large village in Tirwa tehsil, in the district of Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,836, made up of 1,549 males and 1,287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 567.46 hectares hectares.

Goora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goora village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kannauj
Tehsil Tirwa
Area (hectares) 567.46 hectares
Population 2,836
Male Population 1,549
Female Population 1,287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 831
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Goora compares

By the 2011 count Goora is the 48th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents. Its 567.46 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 865.

Getting to Goora

Goora is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Goora as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Goora from other places

Goora lies about 116 km from Kannauj, and the nearest railway station is Sarayan, about under 2 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 Goora
Nearest railway station Sarayan under 2 km
Nearest town Mahmudābād 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Tirwa 34 km
District headquarters Kannauj 116 km

Villages closest to Goora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goora village had a population of 2,836. That makes it the 48th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents.

Goora village has 1,549 males and 1,287 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goora has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 865.

Goora covers 567.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goora falls under Tirwa tehsil of Kannauj district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Goora is Sarayan, about under 2 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Goora.

Goora is about 116 km from Kannauj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goora is in Tirwa tehsil of Kannauj district. Sarayan is about under 2 km away. Mahmudābād is about 12 km away. Tirwa is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Purwa Dani (10 km), Kansua (11 km) and Darapur Barethi (14 km).

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

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