About Gauripur Village

Gauripur is a small village in Chanchal I tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 438, made up of 234 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gauripur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gauripur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Maldah
Tehsil	Chanchal I
Pincode	732126
Area (hectares)	70.33 hectares
Population	438
Male Population	234
Female Population	204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gauripur compares

By the 2011 count Gauripur is the 89th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 70.33 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Gauripur

Gauripur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gauripur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gauripur from other places

Gauripur lies about 35 km from Maldah, and the nearest railway station is Milangarh, about 2.7 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 Gauripur
Nearest railway station	Milangarh	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanchal I	12 km
Nearest town	Manihāri	26 km
District headquarters	Maldah	35 km

Villages closest to Gauripur

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

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Common questions about Gauripur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gauripur village had a population of 438. That makes it the 89th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Gauripur village has 234 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gauripur has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Gauripur is 732126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gauripur covers 70.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gauripur falls under Chanchal I tehsil of Maldah district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Gauripur is Milangarh, about 2.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gauripur.

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

Gauripur is in Chanchal I tehsil of Maldah district. Milangarh is about 2.7 km away. Chanchal I is about 12 km away. Manihāri is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.