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About Goramur Block Village

Goramur Block is a large village in Bihpuria tehsil, in the district of Lakhimpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,180, made up of 1,120 males and 1,060 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.7 hectares hectares.

Goramur Block Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goramur Block village
Description Value
State Assam
District Lakhimpur
Tehsil Bihpuria
Area (hectares) 324.7 hectares
Population 2,180
Male Population 1,120
Female Population 1,060
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Goramur Block compares

By the 2011 count Goramur Block is the 28th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 324.7 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Goramur Block

Goramur Block is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Goramur Block as Available within village. 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 Goramur Block from other places

Goramur Block lies about 35 km from Lakhimpur, and the nearest railway station is Gumto, about 2.6 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 Goramur Block
Nearest railway station Gumto 2.6 km
Nearest town Naharlagun 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Bihpuria 21 km
District headquarters Lakhimpur 35 km

Villages closest to Goramur Block

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bihpuria 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 Goramur Block

As per the Census of India 2011, Goramur Block village had a population of 2,180. That makes it the 28th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Goramur Block village has 1,120 males and 1,060 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goramur Block has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 982.

Goramur Block covers 324.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Goramur Block falls under Bihpuria tehsil of Lakhimpur district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Goramur Block is Gumto, about 2.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Goramur Block.

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

Goramur Block is in Bihpuria tehsil of Lakhimpur district. Gumto is about 2.6 km away. Naharlagun is about 8.6 km away. Bihpuria is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sonapur Block (under 2 km), Harmoti Gaon (9.1 km) and Nizlaluk (16 km).

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

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