About Gakkharpur Village

Gakkharpur is a large village in Thakurdwara tehsil, in the district of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,247, made up of 2,212 males and 2,035 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214.93 hectares hectares.

Gakkharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gakkharpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Moradabad
Tehsil	Thakurdwara
Area (hectares)	214.93 hectares
Population	4,247
Male Population	2,212
Female Population	2,035
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gakkharpur compares

By the 2011 count Gakkharpur is the 20th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,924 residents. Its 214.93 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Gakkharpur

Gakkharpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gakkharpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gakkharpur from other places

Gakkharpur lies about 21 km from Moradabad, and the nearest railway station is Matlabpur, about 9.1 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 Gakkharpur
Nearest railway station	Matlabpur	9.1 km
Nearest town	Kānth	11 km
District headquarters	Moradabad	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thakurdwara	22 km

Villages closest to Gakkharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gakkharpur village had a population of 4,247. That makes it the 20th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,924 residents.

Gakkharpur village has 2,212 males and 2,035 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gakkharpur has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Gakkharpur covers 214.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gakkharpur falls under Thakurdwara tehsil of Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gakkharpur is Matlabpur, about 9.1 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 village for Gakkharpur.

Gakkharpur is about 21 km from Moradabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gakkharpur is in Thakurdwara tehsil of Moradabad district. Matlabpur is about 9.1 km away. Kānth is about 11 km away. Moradabad is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.