About Gurmahi Village

Gurmahi is a large village in Forbesganj tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,690, made up of 1,450 males and 1,240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 524 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 844317, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurmahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurmahi village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Forbesganj
Pincode	844317
Area (hectares)	524 hectares
Population	2,690
Male Population	1,450
Female Population	1,240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
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 Gurmahi compares

By the 2011 count Gurmahi is the 44th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,626 residents. Its 524 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Gurmahi

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

Gurmahi lies about 13 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Haldita Bihar, about 8.4 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 Gurmahi
Nearest railway station	Haldita Bihar	8.4 km
District headquarters	Araria	13 km
Nearest town	Arāria	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Forbesganj	17 km

Villages closest to Gurmahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurmahi village had a population of 2,690. That makes it the 44th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,626 residents.

Gurmahi village has 1,450 males and 1,240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurmahi has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Gurmahi is 844317. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurmahi covers 524 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurmahi falls under Forbesganj tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gurmahi is Haldita Bihar, about 8.4 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 Gurmahi.

Gurmahi is about 13 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurmahi is in Forbesganj tehsil of Araria district. Haldita Bihar is about 8.4 km away. Araria is about 13 km away. Arāria is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.