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About Goera Lakhanpur Village

Goera Lakhanpur is a mid sized village in Shambhuganj tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,230, made up of 681 males and 549 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goera Lakhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goera Lakhanpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Banka
Tehsil Shambhuganj
Pincode 813221
Area (hectares) 179 hectares
Population 1,230
Male Population 681
Female Population 549
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 806
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 Goera Lakhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Goera Lakhanpur is the 58th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents. Its 179 hectares work out to about 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Goera Lakhanpur

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

Goera Lakhanpur lies about 33 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Kamarganj, about 16 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 Goera Lakhanpur
Nearest town Kharagpur 14 km
Nearest railway station Kamarganj 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Shambhuganj 33 km
District headquarters Banka 33 km

Villages closest to Goera Lakhanpur

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

Common questions about Goera Lakhanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Goera Lakhanpur village had a population of 1,230. That makes it the 58th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents.

Goera Lakhanpur village has 681 males and 549 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goera Lakhanpur has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

The pincode recorded for Goera Lakhanpur is 813221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goera Lakhanpur covers 179 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Goera Lakhanpur falls under Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Goera Lakhanpur is Kamarganj, about 16 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 Goera Lakhanpur.

Goera Lakhanpur is about 33 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goera Lakhanpur is in Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district. Kharagpur is about 14 km away. Kamarganj is about 16 km away. Shambhuganj is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lakha (under 2 km), Goera Sahroi (under 2 km) and Harbanspur (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Goera Lakhanpur today is likely to be higher.

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