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About Gauri Karan Village

Gauri Karan is a large village in Bhognipur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,144, made up of 1,156 males and 988 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 424.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 209115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gauri Karan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gauri Karan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Bhognipur
Pincode 209115
Area (hectares) 424.75 hectares
Population 2,144
Male Population 1,156
Female Population 988
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gauri Karan compares

By the 2011 count Gauri Karan is the 48th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents. Its 424.75 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 870.

Getting to Gauri Karan

Gauri Karan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gauri Karan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gauri Karan from other places

Gauri Karan lies about 21 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Pokhrayan, about 10 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 Gauri Karan
Nearest town Pukhrāyān 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhognipur 10 km
Nearest railway station Pokhrayan 10 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 21 km

Villages closest to Gauri Karan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhognipur 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 Gauri Karan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gauri Karan village had a population of 2,144. That makes it the 48th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents.

Gauri Karan village has 1,156 males and 988 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gauri Karan has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 870.

The pincode recorded for Gauri Karan is 209115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gauri Karan covers 424.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gauri Karan falls under Bhognipur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gauri Karan is Pokhrayan, about 10 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 <5 km distance for Gauri Karan.

Gauri Karan is about 21 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gauri Karan is in Bhognipur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Pukhrāyān is about 10 km away. Bhognipur is about 10 km away. Pokhrayan is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nanhuwapur (1.7 km), Pachlakh (2.0 km) and Birma (2.2 km).

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

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