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About Gurgawan Village

Gurgawan is a mid sized village in Akbarpur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 521, made up of 290 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 797 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102.74 hectares hectares.

Gurgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurgawan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Akbarpur
Area (hectares) 102.74 hectares
Population 521
Male Population 290
Female Population 231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 797
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gurgawan compares

By the 2011 count Gurgawan is the 234th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents. Its 102.74 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 868.

Getting to Gurgawan

Gurgawan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gurgawan 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 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Gazaffarpur, Ghana Rampur, Gopipur and Guini. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Gurgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurgawan village had a population of 521. That makes it the 234th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents.

Gurgawan village has 290 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurgawan has about 797 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 868.

Gurgawan covers 102.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurgawan falls under Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Gurgawan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Gurgawan.

Gurgawan is in Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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