About Gauripur Village

Gauripur is a small village in Shambhuganj tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 178, made up of 95 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gauripur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gauripur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Shambhuganj
Pincode	813221
Area (hectares)	56 hectares
Population	178
Male Population	95
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gauripur compares

By the 2011 count Gauripur is the 113th 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 56 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Gauripur

Gauripur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gauripur 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 Gauripur from other places

Gauripur lies about 12 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Barahat Junction, about 2.1 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 Gauripur
Nearest railway station	Barahat Junction	2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shambhuganj	12 km
District headquarters	Banka	12 km
Nearest town	Bānka	12 km

Villages closest to Gauripur

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 Gauripur

As per the Census of India 2011, Gauripur village had a population of 178. That makes it the 113th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents.

Gauripur village has 95 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gauripur has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 879.

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

Gauripur covers 56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gauripur falls under Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gauripur is Barahat Junction, about 2.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gauripur.

Gauripur is about 12 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gauripur is in Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district. Barahat Junction is about 2.1 km away. Shambhuganj is about 12 km away. Banka is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.