Gorakhpur is located at the eastern part of the State of Uttar Pradesh in India. Gorakhpur is 265 kilometers away form east of the state capital Lucknow. The rivers Rapti and Rohini flow by the land of Gorakhpur. It has many other small villages located around the city. Ghorakpur having the population of 38 lacks. Ghorakpur District is mainly based on agriculture. It has a good rainfall every year. It is also the way to the famous tourist destination and pilgramage city Kushinagar, where the Gautama Buddha died.

Today Ghorakpur city is a business centre, having the headquarters of the North Eastern Railways, previously it is known as Bengal Nagpur Railways and an industrial area, GIDA [Gorakhpur Development Authority] is a distance of 15kms from the old city. Gorakhpur is the North Eastern Headquarters of Indian Railways, It is the biggest Broad Gauge railway junction in North India. The city is famous for hand woven fabric made on a Hathkargha, a hand-operated loom, and Terracota products. Here is DDU University MMM Engg and BRD Medical College. The center of the city includes several major shops, hotels, banks, and restaurants, as well as the Baldev Plaza n City shopping malls. Gorakhpur is also the home town of the Gita Press - one of the biggest the publication group in the world.

The tourists reaches Ghorakpur form nearby cities like Lucknow, Varanasi, Delhi, Allahabad, Agra, Mumbai can take these routes to reach Gorakhpur. Ghorakpur is well connected to the above cities by road and railway. Gorakhpur is an important junction for all Indians tourists intending to go Nepal. It is a popular tourist destination having of Gorakhnath Temple, the Vishnu Temple, Arogya Mandir, the Gita Vatika, Imambara, Ramgarh Taal, ndira Bal Vihar, Premchand Park and so on.