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About Welkhuri Village

Welkhuri is a small village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 462, made up of 226 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.51 hectares hectares.

Welkhuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Welkhuri village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Ghorawal
Area (hectares) 81.51 hectares
Population 462
Male Population 226
Female Population 236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,044
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Welkhuri compares

By the 2011 count Welkhuri is the 205th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 81.51 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Welkhuri

Welkhuri is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Welkhuri as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Velahi, Vimauri, Visahar and Visundhary. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Welkhuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Welkhuri village had a population of 462. That makes it the 205th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Welkhuri village has 226 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Welkhuri has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Welkhuri covers 81.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Welkhuri notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Welkhuri.

Welkhuri is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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