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About Gayaspur Village

Gayaspur is a mid sized village in Mayureswar I tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 756, made up of 378 males and 378 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 157.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gayaspur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gayaspur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Mayureswar I
Pincode 731216
Area (hectares) 157.15 hectares
Population 756
Male Population 378
Female Population 378
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gayaspur compares

By the 2011 count Gayaspur is the 67th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents. Its 157.15 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Gayaspur

The census records public bus service for Gayaspur 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gayaspur from other places

Gayaspur lies about 4.5 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Swadinpur, about 3.8 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 Gayaspur
Nearest railway station Swadinpur 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Mayureswar I 4.5 km
District headquarters Birbhum 4.5 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 6.9 km

Villages closest to Gayaspur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mayureswar I 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 Gayaspur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gayaspur village had a population of 756. That makes it the 67th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents.

Gayaspur village has 378 males and 378 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gayaspur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Gayaspur is 731216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gayaspur covers 157.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gayaspur falls under Mayureswar I tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Gayaspur is Swadinpur, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Gayaspur.

Gayaspur is about 4.5 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gayaspur is in Mayureswar I tehsil of Birbhum district. Swadinpur is about 3.8 km away. Mayureswar I is about 4.5 km away. Birbhum is about 4.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pathai (2.6 km), Sipura (2.7 km) and Kusumi (4.0 km).

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

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