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About Ghosipura Village

Ghosipura is a small village in Nakur tehsil, in the district of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 295, made up of 160 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghosipura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghosipura village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Saharanpur
Tehsil Nakur
Pincode 247001
Area (hectares) 81.51 hectares
Population 295
Male Population 160
Female Population 135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 844
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ghosipura compares

By the 2011 count Ghosipura is the 275th largest of the 325 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,682 residents. Its 81.51 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 891.

Getting to Ghosipura

Ghosipura 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 Ghosipura 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghosipura from other places

Ghosipura lies about 7.5 km from Saharanpur, and the nearest railway station is Pilkhani, about under 2 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 Ghosipura
Nearest railway station Pilkhani under 2 km
District headquarters Saharanpur 7.5 km
Nearest town Sahāranpur 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Nakur 18 km

Villages closest to Ghosipura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghosipura village had a population of 295. That makes it the 275th largest of the 325 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,682 residents.

Ghosipura village has 160 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghosipura has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 891.

The pincode recorded for Ghosipura is 247001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghosipura covers 81.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghosipura falls under Nakur tehsil of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ghosipura is Pilkhani, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ghosipura.

Ghosipura is about 7.5 km from Saharanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghosipura is in Nakur tehsil of Saharanpur district. Pilkhani is about under 2 km away. Saharanpur is about 7.5 km away. Sahāranpur is about 7.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ahmadpur Brahman (under 2 km), Brahman Mazra (under 2 km) and Bodpur (under 2 km).

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

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