About Gosain Chak Village

Gosain Chak is a mid sized village in Rajaun tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 542, made up of 292 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134 hectares hectares.

Gosain Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gosain Chak village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Rajaun
Area (hectares)	134 hectares
Population	542
Male Population	292
Female Population	250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	856
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 Gosain Chak compares

By the 2011 count Gosain Chak is the 115th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 134 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Gosain Chak

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

Gosain Chak lies about 22 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Bela, about 5.1 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 Gosain Chak
Nearest railway station	Bela	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajaun	7.6 km
Nearest town	Purāini	13 km
District headquarters	Banka	22 km

Villages closest to Gosain Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajaun 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 Gosain Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Gosain Chak village had a population of 542. That makes it the 115th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Gosain Chak village has 292 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gosain Chak has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Gosain Chak covers 134 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gosain Chak falls under Rajaun tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gosain Chak is Bela, about 5.1 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 Gosain Chak.

Gosain Chak is about 22 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gosain Chak is in Rajaun tehsil of Banka district. Bela is about 5.1 km away. Rajaun is about 7.6 km away. Purāini is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.