About Gauri Pur Village

Gauri Pur is a large village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,363, made up of 1,239 males and 1,124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1677 hectares hectares.

Gauri Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gauri Pur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Chanan
Area (hectares)	1677 hectares
Population	2,363
Male Population	1,239
Female Population	1,124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gauri Pur compares

By the 2011 count Gauri Pur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 1677 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Gauri Pur

Gauri Pur 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 Gauri Pur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gauri Pur from other places

Gauri Pur lies about 101 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Imli, about 8.1 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 Gauri Pur
Nearest railway station	Imli	8.1 km
Nearest town	Bakhri	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanan	35 km
District headquarters	Banka	101 km

Villages closest to Gauri Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chanan 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 Gauri Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gauri Pur village had a population of 2,363. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Gauri Pur village has 1,239 males and 1,124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gauri Pur has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Gauri Pur covers 1677 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gauri Pur falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gauri Pur is Imli, about 8.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Gauri Pur is about 101 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gauri Pur is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. Imli is about 8.1 km away. Bakhri is about 8.2 km away. Chanan is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.