About Gurgawan Village

Gurgawan is a large village in Jalalabad tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,416, made up of 1,290 males and 1,126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 242221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurgawan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Jalalabad
Pincode	242221
Area (hectares)	380.28 hectares
Population	2,416
Male Population	1,290
Female Population	1,126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Gurgawan compares

By the 2011 count Gurgawan is the 47th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,452 residents. Its 380.28 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 831.

Getting to Gurgawan

Gurgawan 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 Gurgawan 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 Gurgawan from other places

Gurgawan lies about 20 km from Shahjahanpur. 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 Gurgawan
Nearest town	Tilhar	under 2 km
District headquarters	Shahjahanpur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jalalabad	27 km

Villages closest to Gurgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurgawan village had a population of 2,416. That makes it the 47th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,452 residents.

Gurgawan village has 1,290 males and 1,126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurgawan has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 831.

The pincode recorded for Gurgawan is 242221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurgawan covers 380.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gurgawan falls under Jalalabad tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Gurgawan notes the nearest railway station as Available.

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

Gurgawan is about 20 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurgawan is in Jalalabad tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Tilhar is about under 2 km away. Shahjahanpur is about 20 km away. Jalalabad is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.