About Gopalpur Gawaia Village

Gopalpur Gawaia is a small village in Colgong tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 22, made up of 9 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,444 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55 hectares hectares.

Gopalpur Gawaia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gopalpur Gawaia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Colgong
Area (hectares)	55 hectares
Population	22
Male Population	9
Female Population	13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,444
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 Gopalpur Gawaia compares

By the 2011 count Gopalpur Gawaia is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,374 residents. Its 55 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Gopalpur Gawaia

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

Gopalpur Gawaia lies about 23 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Katareah, about 7.5 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 Gopalpur Gawaia
Nearest railway station	Katareah	7.5 km
Nearest town	Naugachhia	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Colgong	10 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	23 km

Villages closest to Gopalpur Gawaia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Colgong 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 Gopalpur Gawaia

As per the Census of India 2011, Gopalpur Gawaia village had a population of 22. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,374 residents.

Gopalpur Gawaia village has 9 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gopalpur Gawaia has about 1444 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 869.

Gopalpur Gawaia covers 55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gopalpur Gawaia falls under Colgong tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gopalpur Gawaia is Katareah, about 7.5 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 Gopalpur Gawaia.

Gopalpur Gawaia is about 23 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gopalpur Gawaia is in Colgong tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Katareah is about 7.5 km away. Naugachhia is about 9.4 km away. Colgong is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.