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About Ganga Behar Village

Ganga Behar is a large village in Lakhimpur tehsil, in the district of Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,906, made up of 1,536 males and 1,370 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243.83 hectares hectares.

Ganga Behar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganga Behar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kheri
Tehsil Lakhimpur
Area (hectares) 243.83 hectares
Population 2,906
Male Population 1,536
Female Population 1,370
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ganga Behar compares

By the 2011 count Ganga Behar is the 97th largest of the 459 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,010 residents. Its 243.83 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Ganga Behar

Ganga Behar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ganga Behar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ganga Behar from other places

Ganga Behar lies about 31 km from Kheri, and the nearest railway station is Kadipur Sani Halt, about 31 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 Ganga Behar
Nearest town Dhaurahra 20 km
District headquarters Kheri 31 km
Nearest railway station Kadipur Sani Halt 31 km
Tehsil headquarters Lakhimpur 34 km

Villages closest to Ganga Behar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lakhimpur 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 Ganga Behar

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganga Behar village had a population of 2,906. That makes it the 97th largest of the 459 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,010 residents.

Ganga Behar village has 1,536 males and 1,370 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganga Behar has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Ganga Behar covers 243.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ganga Behar falls under Lakhimpur tehsil of Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ganga Behar is Kadipur Sani Halt, about 31 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ganga Behar.

Ganga Behar is about 31 km from Kheri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganga Behar is in Lakhimpur tehsil of Kheri district. Dhaurahra is about 20 km away. Kheri is about 31 km away. Kadipur Sani Halt is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Phool Behar (under 2 km), Guliria Khurd (2.3 km) and Behata (2.4 km).

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

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