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About Gurdahi Bujurg Village

Gurdahi Bujurg is a mid sized village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,604, made up of 873 males and 731 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 311.09 hectares hectares.

Gurdahi Bujurg Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurdahi Bujurg village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Sikandra
Area (hectares) 311.09 hectares
Population 1,604
Male Population 873
Female Population 731
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 837
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gurdahi Bujurg compares

By the 2011 count Gurdahi Bujurg is the 58th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 311.09 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 856.

Getting to Gurdahi Bujurg

Gurdahi Bujurg is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gurdahi Bujurg as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gurdahi Bujurg from other places

Gurdahi Bujurg lies about 19 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Jhinjhak, about 20 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 Gurdahi Bujurg
Tehsil headquarters Sikandra 3.2 km
Nearest town Auraiya 16 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 19 km
Nearest railway station Jhinjhak 20 km

Villages closest to Gurdahi Bujurg

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sikandra 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 Gurdahi Bujurg

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurdahi Bujurg village had a population of 1,604. That makes it the 58th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Gurdahi Bujurg village has 873 males and 731 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurdahi Bujurg has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 856.

Gurdahi Bujurg covers 311.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurdahi Bujurg falls under Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gurdahi Bujurg is Jhinjhak, about 20 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gurdahi Bujurg.

Gurdahi Bujurg is about 19 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurdahi Bujurg is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Sikandra is about 3.2 km away. Auraiya is about 16 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jatapur (under 2 km), Jatiapur (under 2 km) and Nainapur (under 2 km).

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

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