About Gahilapur Village

Gahilapur is a large village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,535, made up of 1,346 males and 1,189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 375 hectares hectares.

Gahilapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gahilapur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil	Sikandra
Area (hectares)	375 hectares
Population	2,535
Male Population	1,346
Female Population	1,189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gahilapur compares

By the 2011 count Gahilapur is the 21st largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 375 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Gahilapur

Gahilapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gahilapur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gahilapur from other places

Gahilapur lies about 8.7 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Jhinjhak, about 5.6 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 Gahilapur
Nearest railway station	Jhinjhak	5.6 km
Nearest town	Jhīnjhak	6.3 km
District headquarters	Kanpur Dehat	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sikandra	19 km

Villages closest to Gahilapur

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.

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Common questions about Gahilapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gahilapur village had a population of 2,535. That makes it the 21st largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Gahilapur village has 1,346 males and 1,189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahilapur has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 856.

Gahilapur covers 375 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Gahilapur is Jhinjhak, about 5.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Gahilapur.

Gahilapur is about 8.7 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gahilapur is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Jhinjhak is about 5.6 km away. Jhīnjhak is about 6.3 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.