About Goraiya Village

Goraiya is a mid sized village in Chunar tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 643, made up of 310 males and 333 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goraiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goraiya village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mirzapur
Tehsil	Chunar
Pincode	231306
Area (hectares)	106.13 hectares
Population	643
Male Population	310
Female Population	333
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,074
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Goraiya compares

By the 2011 count Goraiya is the 332nd largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents. Its 106.13 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Goraiya

Goraiya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Goraiya as Available within village. 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 Goraiya from other places

Goraiya lies about 24 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Dagmagpur, about 3.5 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 Goraiya
Nearest railway station	Dagmagpur	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chunar	7.5 km
Nearest town	Chunār	7.5 km
District headquarters	Mirzapur	24 km

Villages closest to Goraiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goraiya village had a population of 643. That makes it the 332nd largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents.

Goraiya village has 310 males and 333 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goraiya has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 927.

The pincode recorded for Goraiya is 231306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goraiya covers 106.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Goraiya falls under Chunar tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Goraiya is Dagmagpur, about 3.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Goraiya.

Goraiya is about 24 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goraiya is in Chunar tehsil of Mirzapur district. Dagmagpur is about 3.5 km away. Chunar is about 7.5 km away. Chunār is about 7.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.