About Ghoriya Village

Ghoriya is a large village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,350, made up of 1,254 males and 1,096 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 470.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghoriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghoriya village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Ghorawal
Pincode	231215
Area (hectares)	470.46 hectares
Population	2,350
Male Population	1,254
Female Population	1,096
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghoriya compares

By the 2011 count Ghoriya is the 17th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 470.46 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 Ghoriya

Ghoriya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghoriya as Available within 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 Ghoriya from other places

Ghoriya lies about 23 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Chopan, about 19 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 Ghoriya
Nearest railway station	Chopan	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorawal	19 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	23 km
Nearest town	Robertsganj	23 km

Villages closest to Ghoriya

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 Ghoriya

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghoriya village had a population of 2,350. That makes it the 17th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Ghoriya village has 1,254 males and 1,096 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghoriya 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 Ghoriya is 231215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghoriya covers 470.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghoriya is Chopan, about 19 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ghoriya.

Ghoriya is about 23 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghoriya is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Chopan is about 19 km away. Ghorawal is about 19 km away. Sonbhadra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.