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About Gairatpur Village

Gairatpur is a small village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 490, made up of 266 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.59 hectares hectares.

Gairatpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gairatpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 60.59 hectares
Population 490
Male Population 266
Female Population 224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Gairatpur compares

By the 2011 count Gairatpur is the 442nd largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 60.59 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Gairatpur

Gairatpur 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 Gairatpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gairatpur from other places

Gairatpur lies about 19 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Dhakia Tiwari, about 7.1 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 Gairatpur
Nearest railway station Dhakia Tiwari 7.1 km
Nearest town Pawāyan 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 19 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 19 km

Villages closest to Gairatpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gairatpur village had a population of 490. That makes it the 442nd largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Gairatpur village has 266 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gairatpur has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Gairatpur covers 60.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gairatpur falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gairatpur is Dhakia Tiwari, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Gairatpur.

Gairatpur is about 19 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gairatpur is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Dhakia Tiwari is about 7.1 km away. Pawāyan is about 14 km away. Powayan is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Marauri J Ladhola (under 2 km), Marauri Japti (under 2 km) and Bilandpur Gaddipur (under 2 km).

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

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