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About Garuha Bishunpur Village

Garuha Bishunpur is a large village in Narpatganj tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,863, made up of 1,971 males and 1,892 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 669 hectares hectares.

Garuha Bishunpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garuha Bishunpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Araria
Tehsil Narpatganj
Area (hectares) 669 hectares
Population 3,863
Male Population 1,971
Female Population 1,892
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 960
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garuha Bishunpur compares

By the 2011 count Garuha Bishunpur is the 36th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 5,547 residents. Its 669 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Garuha Bishunpur

Garuha Bishunpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garuha Bishunpur as Available within 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 Garuha Bishunpur from other places

Garuha Bishunpur lies about 37 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Forbesganj Junction, 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 Garuha Bishunpur
Tehsil headquarters Narpatganj 14 km
Nearest railway station Forbesganj Junction 14 km
Nearest town Chhātāpur 15 km
District headquarters Araria 37 km

Villages closest to Garuha Bishunpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Narpatganj 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 Garuha Bishunpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Garuha Bishunpur village had a population of 3,863. That makes it the 36th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,547 residents.

Garuha Bishunpur village has 1,971 males and 1,892 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garuha Bishunpur has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 921.

Garuha Bishunpur covers 669 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garuha Bishunpur falls under Narpatganj tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Garuha Bishunpur is Forbesganj Junction, about 14 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Garuha Bishunpur.

Garuha Bishunpur is about 37 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garuha Bishunpur is in Narpatganj tehsil of Araria district. Narpatganj is about 14 km away. Forbesganj Junction is about 14 km away. Chhātāpur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bariarpur (1.7 km), Gadhgawan (3.0 km) and Tamganj (3.7 km).

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

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