About Gawnkunda Village

Gawnkunda is a small village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 268, made up of 143 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawnkunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawnkunda village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Ghorawal
Pincode	231210
Area (hectares)	77.28 hectares
Population	268
Male Population	143
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gawnkunda compares

By the 2011 count Gawnkunda is the 261st largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 77.28 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 932.

Getting to Gawnkunda

Gawnkunda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gawnkunda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Gawnkunda from other places

Gawnkunda lies about 18 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Khairahi, about 15 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 Gawnkunda
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorawal	12 km
Nearest railway station	Khairahi	15 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	18 km
Nearest town	Robertsganj	18 km

Villages closest to Gawnkunda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawnkunda village had a population of 268. That makes it the 261st largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Gawnkunda village has 143 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawnkunda has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Gawnkunda is 231210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawnkunda covers 77.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gawnkunda falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gawnkunda is Khairahi, about 15 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 for Gawnkunda.

Gawnkunda is about 18 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawnkunda is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Ghorawal is about 12 km away. Khairahi is about 15 km away. Sonbhadra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.