Home › Entities › city › Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur

city in Uttar Pradesh, India
City city Q5584396
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Gorakhpur is a city[1]. Gorakhpur ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,515 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Gorakhpur district[3]
  • Country: India[4]
  • Instance of: big city[5]
  • Commons category: Gorakhpur[6]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+05:30[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gorakhpur[8]
  • Population: 673,446[9]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • Capital of: Gorakhpur division[12], Gorakhpur district[13]
  • Category for people born here: Q114891009[14]
  • Category for people who died here: Q117353132[15]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Gorakhpur[16]
  • Different from: Gorakhpur, SBS Nagar[17]
  • Elevation above sea level: 84 m[18]
  • Area: 141 km²[19]

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Gorakhpur include Gorakhpur Airport[20], an airport[21], in India[22].

Why It Matters

Gorakhpur has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Gorakhpur is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for Gorakhpur include Gorakhpur Airport[20], an airport[21], in India[22].

Related Entities

city Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University India Paramahansa Yogananda Ramesses VIII

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Gorakhpur. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/gorakhpur
MLA “Gorakhpur.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/gorakhpur.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gorakhpur_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Gorakhpur}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gorakhpur}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Gorakhpur — https://4ort.xyz/entity/gorakhpur (retrieved 2026-10-13)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/gorakhpur · Last refreshed: