About Gurgawan Village

Gurgawan is a mid sized village in Phulidumar tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,355, made up of 670 males and 685 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 153 hectares hectares.

Gurgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurgawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Phulidumar
Area (hectares)	153 hectares
Population	1,355
Male Population	670
Female Population	685
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
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 Gurgawan compares

By the 2011 count Gurgawan is the 24th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents. Its 153 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Gurgawan

Gurgawan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gurgawan 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 Gurgawan from other places

Gurgawan 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 Gurgawan
Nearest town	Kharagpur	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Khariapipra Halt	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Phulidumar	19 km
District headquarters	Banka	37 km

Villages closest to Gurgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurgawan village had a population of 1,355. That makes it the 24th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents.

Gurgawan village has 670 males and 685 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurgawan has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 898.

Gurgawan covers 153 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gurgawan falls under Phulidumar tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gurgawan is Khariapipra Halt, about 15 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 Gurgawan.

Gurgawan 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.

Gurgawan is in Phulidumar tehsil of Banka district. Kharagpur is about 9.6 km away. Khariapipra Halt is about 15 km away. Phulidumar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.