About Gagawa Village

Gagawa is a small village in Robertsganj tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 289, made up of 149 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 619.6 hectares hectares.

Gagawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gagawa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Robertsganj
Area (hectares)	619.6 hectares
Population	289
Male Population	149
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gagawa compares

By the 2011 count Gagawa is the 529th largest of the 732 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents. Its 619.6 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Gagawa

Gagawa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gagawa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gagawa from other places

Gagawa lies about 30 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Churk, about 26 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 Gagawa
Nearest railway station	Churk	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Robertsganj	30 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	30 km

Villages closest to Gagawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gagawa village had a population of 289. That makes it the 529th largest of the 732 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents.

Gagawa village has 149 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gagawa has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 942.

Gagawa covers 619.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gagawa falls under Robertsganj tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gagawa is Churk, about 26 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 10+ km distance for Gagawa.

Gagawa is about 30 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gagawa is in Robertsganj tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Churk is about 26 km away. Robertsganj is about 30 km away. Sonbhadra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.