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About Gorkha Pur Village

Gorkha Pur is a large village in Amethi tehsil, in the district of Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,947, made up of 1,441 males and 1,506 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.64 hectares hectares.

Gorkha Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorkha Pur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sultanpur
Tehsil Amethi
Area (hectares) 329.64 hectares
Population 2,947
Male Population 1,441
Female Population 1,506
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,045
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gorkha Pur compares

By the 2011 count Gorkha Pur is the 30th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents. Its 329.64 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Gorkha Pur

Gorkha Pur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gorkha Pur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gorkha Pur from other places

Gorkha Pur lies about 35 km from Sultanpur, and the nearest railway station is Misrauli, about 7.4 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 Gorkha Pur
Nearest railway station Misrauli 7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Amethi 8.8 km
Nearest town Lālganj 18 km
District headquarters Sultanpur 35 km

Villages closest to Gorkha Pur

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

Common questions about Gorkha Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorkha Pur village had a population of 2,947. That makes it the 30th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents.

Gorkha Pur village has 1,441 males and 1,506 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorkha Pur has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Gorkha Pur covers 329.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gorkha Pur falls under Amethi tehsil of Sultanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gorkha Pur is Misrauli, about 7.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gorkha Pur.

Gorkha Pur is about 35 km from Sultanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorkha Pur is in Amethi tehsil of Sultanpur district. Misrauli is about 7.4 km away. Amethi is about 8.8 km away. Lālganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dehra (under 2 km), Himmatgarh (under 2 km) and Ramgarh (under 2 km).

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

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