About Gorgawan Village

Gorgawan is a large village in Amarpur tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,562, made up of 1,906 males and 1,656 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorgawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Amarpur
Pincode	813101
Area (hectares)	219 hectares
Population	3,562
Male Population	1,906
Female Population	1,656
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gorgawan compares

By the 2011 count Gorgawan is the 13th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,673 residents. Its 219 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Gorgawan

Gorgawan 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 Gorgawan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gorgawan from other places

Gorgawan lies about 37 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Khariapipra Halt, about 15 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 Gorgawan
Nearest town	Kharagpur	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Khariapipra Halt	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amarpur	27 km
District headquarters	Banka	37 km

Villages closest to Gorgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorgawan village had a population of 3,562. That makes it the 13th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,673 residents.

Gorgawan village has 1,906 males and 1,656 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorgawan has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Gorgawan is 813101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorgawan covers 219 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gorgawan falls under Amarpur tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gorgawan is Khariapipra Halt, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gorgawan.

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

Gorgawan is in Amarpur tehsil of Banka district. Kharagpur is about 9.6 km away. Khariapipra Halt is about 15 km away. Amarpur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.