About Gadiaun Village

Gadiaun is a small village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 342, made up of 189 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 810 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40 hectares hectares.

Gadiaun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gadiaun village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	40 hectares
Population	342
Male Population	189
Female Population	153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	810
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gadiaun compares

By the 2011 count Gadiaun is the 132nd largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 40 hectares work out to about 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Gadiaun

Gadiaun is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gadiaun as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Gadiaun from other places

Gadiaun lies about 16 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Barahat Junction, about 7.4 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 Gadiaun
Nearest railway station	Barahat Junction	7.4 km
Nearest town	Godda	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	16 km
District headquarters	Banka	16 km

Villages closest to Gadiaun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gadiaun village had a population of 342. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Gadiaun village has 189 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gadiaun has about 810 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Gadiaun covers 40 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gadiaun falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gadiaun is Barahat Junction, about 7.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gadiaun.

Gadiaun is about 16 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gadiaun is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Barahat Junction is about 7.4 km away. Godda is about 16 km away. Dhuraiya is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.