About Gora Village

Gora is a mid sized village in Chhata tehsil, in the district of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 604, made up of 339 males and 265 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 782 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.31 hectares hectares.

Gora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gora village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mathura
Tehsil	Chhata
Area (hectares)	257.31 hectares
Population	604
Male Population	339
Female Population	265
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	782
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gora compares

By the 2011 count Gora is the 148th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,724 residents. Its 257.31 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 856.

Getting to Gora

Gora is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gora as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Gora from other places

Gora lies about 51 km from Mathura, and the nearest railway station is Hodal, about 24 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 Gora
Nearest town	Jewar	19 km
Nearest railway station	Hodal	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhata	28 km
District headquarters	Mathura	51 km

Villages closest to Gora

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhata 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 Gora

As per the Census of India 2011, Gora village had a population of 604. That makes it the 148th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,724 residents.

Gora village has 339 males and 265 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gora has about 782 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 856.

Gora covers 257.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gora falls under Chhata tehsil of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gora is Hodal, about 24 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gora.

Gora is about 51 km from Mathura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gora is in Chhata tehsil of Mathura district. Jewar is about 19 km away. Hodal is about 24 km away. Chhata is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.