About Goriawan Village

Goriawan is a small village in Shambhuganj tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 83, made up of 46 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 804 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goriawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goriawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Shambhuganj
Pincode	813221
Area (hectares)	99 hectares
Population	83
Male Population	46
Female Population	37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	804
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Goriawan compares

By the 2011 count Goriawan is the 119th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents. Its 99 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Goriawan

Goriawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Goriawan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Goriawan from other places

Goriawan lies about 30 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Kamarganj, about 21 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 Goriawan
Nearest town	Kharagpur	16 km
Nearest railway station	Kamarganj	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shambhuganj	30 km
District headquarters	Banka	30 km

Villages closest to Goriawan

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.

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Common questions about Goriawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Goriawan village had a population of 83. That makes it the 119th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents.

Goriawan village has 46 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goriawan has about 804 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 Goriawan is 813221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goriawan covers 99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Goriawan falls under Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Goriawan is Kamarganj, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Goriawan.

Goriawan is about 30 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goriawan is in Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district. Kharagpur is about 16 km away. Kamarganj is about 21 km away. Shambhuganj is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.