About Gauri Village

Gauri is a large village in Raiganj tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,588, made up of 2,282 males and 2,306 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 409.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gauri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gauri village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Raiganj
Pincode	733123
Area (hectares)	409.3 hectares
Population	4,588
Male Population	2,282
Female Population	2,306
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
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 Gauri compares

By the 2011 count Gauri is the 16th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents. Its 409.3 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Gauri

Gauri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gauri 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 Gauri from other places

Gauri lies about 49 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Harishchandrapur, about 14 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 Gauri
Nearest railway station	Harishchandrapur	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Raiganj	21 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	21 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	49 km

Villages closest to Gauri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gauri village had a population of 4,588. That makes it the 16th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents.

Gauri village has 2,282 males and 2,306 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gauri has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Gauri is 733123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gauri covers 409.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gauri falls under Raiganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Gauri is Harishchandrapur, about 14 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 Gauri.

Gauri is about 49 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gauri is in Raiganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Harishchandrapur is about 14 km away. Raiganj is about 21 km away. Rāiganj is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.